Explore Emirs through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Emirs meaning
plural of emir
Using Emirs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of emir
- In the example corpus, emirs often appears in combinations such as: emirs and, the emirs, emirs of.
Context around Emirs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Emirs
- In this selection, "emirs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, five, removed, appointment, created and maintain stand out and add context to how "emirs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all appointed emirs maintain their and all the emirs and district. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "emirs" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with emirs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Most of the emirs in the North that I know, most of them partake closely in politics. (17 words)
Has he ever led the council of Emirs or religious groups to come and plead for Sambo? (17 words)
However, according to this version, after some bargaining, he was eventually accepted by the majority of emirs. (17 words)
The group, which has the president’s ears and is said to be recruiting leaders across the north, including emirs, is also alleged to be working to ensure that power eventually does not return to the south at the expiration of Buhari’s term. (44 words)
Contrary to what the deceitful item also “innocently” popularise by other media organisations, the Kano State High Court, sitting in Ungogo only ordered for the return to status-quo, which in our side, means all appointed Emirs maintain their positions. (40 words)
The court also yesterday nullified the Kano State Emirs Appointment and Disposition Law, 2019, which was passed by the state House of Assembly that paved way for the creation of the additional emirates and subsequent appointment of new emirs. (39 words)
Has he ever led the council of Emirs or religious groups to come and plead for Sambo? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
The court also yesterday nullified the Kano State Emirs Appointment and Disposition Law, 2019, which was passed by the state House of Assembly that paved way for the creation of the additional emirates and subsequent appointment of new emirs.
He has written more than three books already namely Crisis And Conflict Management In Nigeria Since 1980, Western Education In Northern Nigeria:Challenges And Strategies And Emirs And Politicians:Reform, Reaction And Recrimination In Northern Nigeria.
He also commended Governor Bala for upgrading the palaces of all the emirs and district heads across the state, adding that the move would enhance their operations.
I expected that those who loved and admired him—other emirs, the Sultan, and dignitaries—would support the project.
Most of the emirs in the North that I know, most of them partake closely in politics.
Now there are more misgivings after the current governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, himself a Prince, dethroned the five Emirs created by Ganduje and reinstated SLS and returned the emirate to its former status.
The governor therefore gave the removed emirs 48 hours to vacate their places and hand over all necessary materials to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
Contrary to what the deceitful item also “innocently” popularise by other media organisations, the Kano State High Court, sitting in Ungogo only ordered for the return to status-quo, which in our side, means all appointed Emirs maintain their positions.
Governor Ganduje appointed the four emirs as first-class chiefs and upgraded their domain into emirate councils, a deliberate attempt to decimate Emir of Kano Mohmmadu Sanusi.
The group, which has the president’s ears and is said to be recruiting leaders across the north, including emirs, is also alleged to be working to ensure that power eventually does not return to the south at the expiration of Buhari’s term.
The Speaker of the House Alhaji Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa announced the Assembly’s approval of the four New Emirate/ Emirs into law on Thursday.
Emirs of Askira and Uba returned home in May 2016, two years after fleeing their palaces on the account of the Boko Haram insurgency.
Has he ever led the council of Emirs or religious groups to come and plead for Sambo?
Tony, at the age of just 34, was able to make a few million dollars from the business, as he was a distant relative of the Emirs of UAE.
Yari, who spoke with newsmen shortly after a security meeting held at his Talata Mafara personal residence yesterday with security Chiefs and the 17 emirs of the state, gave the directive as normalcy has returned to their villages.
After consolidating his power, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad assumed the title of Khalifa (successor) of the Mahdi, instituted an administration, and appointed Ansar (who were usually Baqqara) as emirs over each of the several provinces.
However, according to this version, after some bargaining, he was eventually accepted by the majority of emirs.
Nevertheless, the region was the focus of ever-increasing disputes between the native Kazakh emirs and the neighbouring Persian-speaking peoples to the south.
Non-Western topics treated are, for instance, the rule of Emirs, traditional medicine or polygamy (1997:225).
Several Egyptian emirs were thus killed, but al-Adid was told that they were killed for rebelling against him.
Common combinations with emirs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- emirs and 4×
- the emirs 4×
- emirs of 3×
- of emirs 3×
- egyptian emirs 2×