Etymology

Ras al-Khaimah

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Arabic رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromرَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة“headland of the tent”
  2. English todayRas al-Khaimah

From Arabic رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة (raʔs l-ḵayma, “headland of the tent”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.