UAE

U1A1E1
/juː eɪ ˈiː/

Initialism of unrecoverable application error (the standard Microsoft Windows error message in Win16)

CommonScrabble 3

Meanings

nounUAE (plural UAEs)

plural UAEs

  1. abbreviationinitialismobsoletecomputingInitialism of unrecoverable application error (the standard Microsoft Windows error message in Win16)
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of the United Arab Emirates: a country in West Asia, in the Middle East.

    US-Gulf relations have improved significantly since Trump returned to office. Frustrated at the perceived lack of US interest in their needs under the Biden administration, Saudi Arabia and the UAE had sought to diversify their military, technological and economic ties.

    2025 May 11, Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, “Trump is visiting three of the world’s richest nations. Here’s what’s on their wish list”, in CNN
    1 more example

    Kuwait immediately put its small forces on alert (although it did not request US help). The UAE, whose offshore oil rigs Baghdad had attacked during the Iran-Iraq war, followed suit on July 22, but they also asked us to send aerial tankers and participate in a joint military exercise.

    1998, George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft, A World Transformed, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 309
  2. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Unix Amiga emulator, software to emulate the Commodore Amiga computer.

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 阿聯酋 /阿联酋
  • 阿聯酋 /阿联酋 (Ā-lián-qiú)initialism of United Arab Emirates
Dutch VAE
  • VAEinitialism of United Arab Emirates
Esperanto UAE
  • UAEinitialism of United Arab Emirates
Estonian AÜE
  • AÜEinitialism of United Arab Emirates
French EAU, ÉAU
  • EAUinitialism of United Arab Emirates
  • ÉAUinitialism of United Arab Emirates
German VAE
  • VAEinitialism of United Arab Emirates
Greek ΗΑΕ
  • ΗΑΕ (IAE)initialism of United Arab Emirates
Hindi सं॰अ॰अ॰, यू॰ए॰ई
  • सं॰अ॰अ॰ (sã.a.a.)initialism of United Arab Emirates
  • यू॰ए॰ई (yū.e.ī)initialism of United Arab Emirates
Indonesian UEA
  • UEAinitialism of United Arab Emirates
Japanese UAE (Yū ē ī)
  • UAE (Yū ē ī)initialism of United Arab Emirates
Portuguese EAU
  • EAUinitialism of United Arab Emirates
Russian ОАЭ
  • ОАЭ (OAE)initialism of United Arab Emirates
Slovak SAE
  • SAEinitialism of United Arab Emirates
Spanish EAU
  • EAUinitialism of United Arab Emirates
Turkish BAE
  • BAEinitialism of United Arab Emirates

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

UAE. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/UAE

MLA

“UAE.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/UAE. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “UAE,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/UAE.

Source: UAE on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.