Emirati

[Jonathan Lighter]

According to John King of CNN, this is what you call a citizen of the United
Arab Emirates.

Wikipedia agrees.

In this case the "-i" "suffix of appurtenance" gets tacked onto a
perfectly normal English word.

Because Emiratis are Arabs. So it sounds better than, I don't know,
*Emiratians?

JL

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