Abu Dhabi

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/, /ˈɑ.bu ˈðɑ.bi/, /ˈɑ.bu ˈdæ.bi/

Proper noun

Abu Dhabi

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

Coordinate terms

• United Arab Emirates
  • Ajman
  • Dubai
  • Fujairah
  • Ras al-Khaimah
  • Sharjah
  • Umm al-Quwain

Translations

one of the United Arab Emirates

• Armenian: Աբու Դաբի (hy) (Abu Dabi)
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• Irish: Abú Daibí m

capital of UAE

• Arabic: أَبُو ظَبْي m (ʔabū ẓaby)
• Armenian: Աբու Դաբի (hy) (Abu Dabi)
• Assamese: আবু জাবী (abu zabi), আবু ঢাবী (abu dhabi)
• Bulgarian: А́бу Да́би m (Ábu Dábi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿布扎比 (zh) (Ābùzābǐ)

• Danish: Abu Dhabi
• Dutch: Abu Dhabi (nl)
• Esperanto: Abu-Dabio (eo)
• Estonian: Abu Dhabi (et)
• Finnish: Abu Dhabi (fi)
• French: Abou Dabi (fr) m
• Galician: Abu Dabi
• German: Abu Dhabi (de) n
• Greek: Άμπου Ντάμπι n (Ámpou Ntámpi)
• Hebrew: אבו דאבי
• Hindi: अबू धाबी (abū dhābī)
• Hungarian: Abu-Dzabi (hu)
• Icelandic: Abú Dabí
• Ido: Abu Dhabi
• Indonesian: Abu Dhabi
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• Irish: Abú Daibí m
• Italian: Abu Dhabi (it)
• Japanese: アブダビ (ja) (Abudabi)
• Korean: 아부다비 (Abudabi)
• Latvian: Abū Dabī
• Lithuanian: Abu Dabis (lt)
• Maltese: Abu Dhabi
• Norwegian: Abu Dhabi
• Persian: ابوظبی (abuzâbi)
• Polish: Abu Zabi (pl) n
• Portuguese: Abu Dhabi (pt)
• Russian: А́бу-Да́би (ru) m (Ábu-Dábi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Абу Даби m

  Roman: Abu Dabi m

• Slovak: Abú Dábí, Abú Zabí n
• Spanish: Abu Dabi (es)
• Swedish: Abu Dhabi (sv)
• Thai: อาบูดาบี (aa-buu-daa-bii)
• Turkish: Abu Dabi
• Ukrainian: А́бу-Да́бі m (Ábu-Dábi)
• Võro: Abu Dhabi

Further reading

• Abu Dhabi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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German

Etymology

From Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby), probably in part through English Abu Dhabi, as the transliteration dh for Arabic ظ (ẓ) is not common in German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌabuˈdaːbi/
• IPA^(key): /ˌabuˈdabi/ (rare; learned)

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Noun

Abu Dhabi n (proper noun, strong, genitive Abu Dhabis)

1. Abu Dhabi

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Abu Dhabi f

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