Abu Dhabi

• Abu Zabi, Abu Zaby, Abū Ẓaby (stricter transliterations)

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby, “father of the gazelle”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/, /ˈɑ.bu ˈðɑ.bi/, /ˈɑ.bu ˈdæ.bi/^[1][2]

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Abu Dhabi

2. The capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Abu 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”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Abu Dhabi has even branded itself “the capital of capital.”

4. An emirate of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf.

   Holonym: United Arab Emirates

   Coordinate terms: Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain

• Abu Dhabi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby), probably in part through English Abu Dhabi, as the transliteration dh for Arabic ظ (ẓ) is not common in German.

• IPA^(key): /ˌabuˈdaːbi/
• IPA^(key): /ˌabuˈdabi/ (rare; learned)

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Abu Dhabi n (proper noun, genitive Abu Dhabis or (optionally with an article) Abu Dhabi)

1. Abu Dhabi (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf)
2. Abu Dhabi (the capital city of the United Arab Emirates)

Abu Dhabi f

1. alternative form of Abudábi.

• IPA^(key): /aˌbudaˈbi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: A‧bu Dha‧bí

Abu Dhabi n

1. Abu Dhabi (the capital city of the United Arab Emirates)
2. Abu Dhabi (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf)

• “Abu Dhabi”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025