Question: united arab emirates is a country situated in which continent
Answer: The United Arab Emirates ( UAE ; Arabic : دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة ‎ Dawlat al - Imārāt al - ' Arabīyah al - Muttaḥidah ) , sometimes simply called the Emirates ( Arabic : الإمارات ‎ al - Imārāt ) , is a federal sovereign absolute monarchy in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf , bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south , as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north .