Dubai

Type Settlement & Political Subdivision
Usage English, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Romanian, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Turkish, Hindi, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog, Chinese
Scripts Дубаи(Serbian, Macedonian) दुबई(Hindi) দুবাই(Bengali) 杜拜(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. /duː.ˈbaɪ/(English) /du.ˈbaj/(Portuguese) /ˈduː.baɪ̯/(German) /ˈdu.bɑi̯/(Finnish)  [key·simplify]
Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as DUBAİ in uppercase and dubai in lowercase.

Meaning & History

From Arabic دبيّ (Dubayy), of uncertain meaning, possibly related to Arabic دبّ (dabba) meaning "to creep, to crawl", referring to the slow flow of a creek in the area. This is the name of an emirate and city in the United Arab Emirates.

Related Names

VariantsDübey(Turkish) Dibai(Chinese)
Other Languages & CulturesDubayy(Arabic) Dubay(Belarusian) Dubay(Bulgarian) Dubaj(Czech) Dubaï(French) Dobai(Japanese) Dobey(Persian) Dubaj(Polish) Dubay(Russian) Dubaj(Slovak) Dubaj(Slovene) Dubái(Spanish) Dubay(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingDubái, Dubaï
Entry added October 6, 2024