Abu Dhabi
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Abu Dhabi
- /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/ US
- /ˈɑ.bu ˈðɑ.bi/ US
- /ˈɑ.bu ˈdæ.bi/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby, “father of the gazelle”). The first word Abu is related to abba. See abbot, Abraham for more.
proper noun Abu Zabi · Abu Zaby · Abū Ẓaby
- The capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Abu Dhabi emirate. Abu Dhabi has even branded itself “the capital of capital.”
- The Emirati government.
- An emirate of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf.
