Arabic : دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة ‎, Dawlat al-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah , short name: The Emirates , local short name: Al Emarat الامارات) is a federation situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Arabian Gulf , bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia and sharing sea borders