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Type Political Subdivision & Settlement
Usage Arabic, English, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Maltese, Nepali, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog
Scripts أبو ظبي(Arabic) अबू धाबी(Hindi) अबु धाबी(Nepali)
Pronounced Pron. A-boo DHABY(Arabic) A-BOO dha-bee(Arabic) AH-boo DAH-bee(English) AH-boo DHAH-bee(English) AH-boo DA-bee(English) a-boo-DA-bee(English, Dutch, German) A-boo DA-bee(German, Indonesian) ə-BOO DAH-bee(Hindi) u-BOO du-BEE(European Portuguese) a-BOO da-BEE(Brazilian Portuguese) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
Means "father of gazelles" in Arabic, from أبو (abu) meaning "father of" and ظبي (dhabiyy) meaning "gazelle", so named for the abundance of gazelles in the region. This is the name of the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the name of one of its seven emirates.