Abu Dhabi

English

Etymology

From Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي‎ (ʾabū ẓaby, “father of the gazelle”).

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/, /ˈɑ.bu ˈðɑ.bi/, /ˈɑ.bu ˈdæ.bi/[1][2]

Proper noun

Abu Dhabi

  1. One of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf.
  2. The capital of the United Arab Emirates.

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References
  1. Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 6
  2. “Abu Dhabi” in Christine A. Lindberg, editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, 2002, →ISBN, page 5.

Further reading

Portuguese

Proper noun

Abu Dhabi f

  1. Abu Dhabi (the capital city of the United Arab Emirates)
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