indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
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. /ˈʔa.buː ˈðˤabj/(Arabic) /ˈʔa.ˈbuː ðˤa.bi/(Arabic) /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/(English) /ˈɑ.bu ˈðɑ.bi/(English) /ˈɑ.bu ˈdæ.bi/(English) /ˌæ.buː.ˈdæ.bi/(English) /a.bu.ˈda.bi/(Dutch) /ˌa.bu.ˈdaː.bi/(German) /ˈa.bu ˈdaː.bi/(German) /ə.ˈbuː ˈd̪ʱɑː.biː/(Hindi) /ˈa.bu ˈda.bi/(Indonesian) /ɐ.ˈbu dɐ.ˈbi/(European Portuguese) /a.ˈbu da.ˈbi/(Brazilian Portuguese) [key·simplify]
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.