Abu Dhabi

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Arabic أبوظبي ('Abū ẓabī, “father of the gazelle”).

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Proper noun [edit]

Abu Dhabi

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

Translations [edit]

capital of UAE

References [edit]

  1. ^ 1984 [1975], Urdang, Laurence editor, The Random House College Dictionary, New York, NY: Random House, Inc., ISBN 0-394-43600-8, page 6:
  2. ^ 2007 [2002], Lindberg, Christine A. editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, edition 2nd, New York, NY: Spark Publishing., ISBN 978-1-4114-0500-4, page 5:
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