Abu Dhabi
US/ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/
Abu Dhabi proper noun: the capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Abu Dhabi emirate.
Proper noun
Abu Dhabi
- The capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Abu Dhabi emirate.
- Abu Dhabi has even branded itself “the capital of capital.”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
- The Emirati government.
- An emirate of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf.
Abu Dhabi meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Abu Dhabi in Hindi
- capital of UAE
- अबू धाबी abū dhābī
Abu Dhabi in Tamil
- capital of UAE
- அபுதாபி aputāpi
Abu Dhabi in Marathi
- capital of UAE
- अबू धाबी abū dhābī
- emirate
- अबू धाबी abū dhābī
Abu Dhabi in Urdu
- capital of UAE
- ابو ظہبی abū zahabī, ابوظہبی abūzahabī
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- Abu Dhabi in Bengali
- আবুধাবি abudhabi
- Abu Dhabi in Sinhala
- අබුඩාබි abuḍābi
- Abu Dhabi in Assamese
- আবু জাবী abu zabi, আবু ঢাবী abu dhabi
- Abu Dhabi in Pashto
- ابوظبي abozabi
- Abu Dhabi in Tagalog
- Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi in Arabic
- أَبُو ظَبْي ʔabū ẓaby, إِمَارَة أَبُو ظَبْي ʔimārat ʔabū ẓaby
- Abu Dhabi in Malay
- Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi in Indonesian
- Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi in Persian
- ابوظبی abuzabi, امارت ابوظبی emârat-e abuzabi
- Abu Dhabi in Thai
- อาบูดาบี aa-buu-daa-bii
- Abu Dhabi in Vietnamese
- A-bu Đa-bi
- Abu Dhabi in Myanmar
- အဘူဒါဘီမြို့ a.bhudabhimrui.
Forms of Abu Dhabi
| alternative form | Abu Zabi |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Abu Zaby |
| alternative form | Abū Ẓaby |
Origin of Abu Dhabi
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby, “father of the gazelle”). The first word Abu is related to abba. See abbot, Abraham for more.
Words formed from Abu Dhabi
Questions about Abu Dhabi
- What does Abu Dhabi mean?
- Abu Dhabi means the capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Abu Dhabi emirate.
- What is Abu Dhabi in Hindi?
- Abu Dhabi in Hindi is अबू धाबी (abū dhābī). See Abu Dhabi meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Abu Dhabi?
- Abu Dhabi is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Abu Dhabi?
- Abu Dhabi is pronounced /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/ (US).
Words near Abu Dhabi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Abu Dhabi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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