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trucial (adj.)
[trucial 词源字典]
1876, from
truce
+
-ial
.
Trucial States
, the pre-1971 name of the United Arab Emirates, is attested from 1891, in reference to the 1835 maritime truce between Britain and the Arab sheiks of Oman.
[trucial etymology, trucial origin, 英语词源]