Emblem of the United Arab Emirates
The coat of arms of the United Arab Emirates was adopted in 1973 and 2008 changed slightly.
Description
The coat of arms shows a golden hawk with white feathers, which on his chest wearing a red disc to 2008, on a dhow was mapped to blue-black wavy lines. The disc was surrounded by a silver, sixteen -membered chain.
Since 2008, the disc contains the national flag.
The disk surrounds now a silver ring with seven five-pointed stars. In its talons the hawk holding a red banner, it is written on the name of the State الإمارات العربية المتحدة / al - al - ʿ Imārāt Arabiya al - Muttahida.
The duration is for the maritime tradition of the country and is also found in the state coat of arms of Qatar and Kuwait. The Falcon of the Quraish is a symbol of the tribe of Quraysh, the Prophet Mohammed was a member, and is also found in many arms of the Arabian Peninsula.
Others
The under construction in Falcon City of Wonders, a new city within Dubai Lands in Dubai with replicas of antique and some modern wonder of the world, follows in its ground plan of the shape of the State Emblem.