Borrowed fromArabicأَبُو ظَبْي(ʔabū ẓaby,“father of the gazelle”).
Abu Dhabi
- Thecapital city of theUnited Arab Emirates; thecapital ofAbu Dhabi emirate.
2025 May 11, Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, “Trump is visiting three of the world’s richest nations. Here’s what’s on their wish list”, inCNN[1]:Abu Dhabi has even branded itself “the capital of capital.”
- Anemirate of theUnited Arab Emirates, on the southernPersian Gulf.
- Holonym:United Arab Emirates
- Coordinate terms:Ajman,Dubai,Fujairah,Ras al-Khaimah,Sharjah,Umm al-Quwain
- ^Laurence Urdang (editor),The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975],→ISBN), page 6
- ^Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “Abu Dhabi”, inThe Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing,→ISBN, page 5.
FromArabicأَبُو ظَبْي(ʔabū ẓaby), probably in part throughEnglishAbu Dhabi, as the transliterationdh for Arabicظ(ẓ) is not common in German.
Abu Dhabi n (proper noun,genitiveAbu Dhabisor(optionally with an article)Abu Dhabi)
- Abu Dhabi (anemirate of theUnited Arab Emirates, on the southernPersian Gulf)
- Abu Dhabi (thecapital city of theUnited Arab Emirates)
Declension ofAbu Dhabi [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
1Optionally with an article.
Abu Dhabi f
- alternative form ofAbudábi.
- IPA(key): /aˌbudaˈbi/
- Rhymes:-i
- Hyphenation:A‧bu Dha‧bí
AbuDhabi n
- Abu Dhabi (thecapital city of theUnited Arab Emirates)
- Abu Dhabi (anemirate of theUnited Arab Emirates, on the southernPersian Gulf)
