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Dubai

Syllables: Du·bai/duːˈbaɪ/

Dubai proper noun: a city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate.

Proper noun

Dubai

  1. A city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate.
    • Three Philippine women working in Dubai died in their car, trapped by waters gushing down the street.2024 April 25, Angela Dewan, “Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s deadly floods”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024
  2. An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.

Dubai meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Dubai in Hindi

emirate
दुबई dubaī
city
दुबई dubaī

Dubai in Tamil

emirate
துபாய் tupāy
city
துபாய் tupāy

Dubai in Marathi

emirate
दुबई dubaī
city
दुबई dubaī

Dubai in Urdu

emirate
امارت دبئی
city
دبئی Dubaī
More languagesFewer languages
Dubai in Bengali
দুবাই dubai
Dubai in Telugu
దుబాయ్ dubāy, దుబాయి dubāyi
Dubai in Malayalam
ദുബായ് dubāyŭ
Dubai in Kannada
ದುಬೈ dubai
Dubai in Punjabi
ਦੁਬਈ dubaī, دُبَئی duba'ī
Dubai in Gujarati
દુબઈ dubaī
Dubai in Arabic
إِمَارَة دُبَيّ ʔimārat dubayy, دُبَيّ dubayy
Dubai in Persian
امارت دبی emârat-e dobey, دبی dobey
Dubai in Thai
ดูไบ duu-bai
Dubai in Vietnamese
Dubai
Dubai in Myanmar
ဒူဘိုင်း dubhuing:

Forms of Dubai

alternative formDubayy

Origin of Dubai

Borrowed from Arabic دُبَيّ (dubayy).

Words formed from Dubai

Phrases with Dubai

Words that rhyme with Dubai

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Questions about Dubai

What does Dubai mean?
Dubai means a city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate.
What is Dubai in Hindi?
Dubai in Hindi is दुबई (dubaī). See Dubai meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Dubai?
Dubai is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dubai?
Dubai is pronounced /duːˈbaɪ/.

Words near Dubai in the dictionary

  1. Dub.
  2. Duba
  3. Dubach
  4. Dubachs
  5. Dubagga
  6. Dubai
  7. Dubai chocolate
  8. Dubai chocolates
  9. Dubai City
  10. Dubai porta-potties
  11. Dubai porta-potty

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Dubai (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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