Abu Dhabi

name
/ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby, “father of the gazelle”). The first word Abu is related to abba. See abbot, Abraham for more.

  1. borrowed from أَبُو ظَبْي

Definitions

  1. The capital city of the United Arab Emirates

    The capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Abu Dhabi emirate.

    • Abu Dhabi has even branded itself “the capital of capital.”
  2. An emirate of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA