Abu Dhabi

Abú Dhabí English Alternative forms en Abu Zabi Abu Zaby Abū Ẓaby stricter transliterations Etymology en ar ء ب و ظ ب ي en ar أَبُو ظَبْي father of the gazelle. The first word en Abu is related to en abba. See en abbot, en Abraham for more. Pronunciation en /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/ /ˈɑ.bu ˈðɑ.bi/ /ˈɑ.bu ˈdæ.bi/ US65 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Abu Dhabi.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Abu Dhabi2.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 en Q1519en capital city c/United Arab Emirates ; capital emirate:suf/Abu Dhabi. en Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati Trump is visiting three of the world’s richest nations. Here’s what’s on their wish list w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/11/middleeast/trump-visit-gulf-arab-states-saudi-uae-qatar-intl 2025-05-11 Abu Dhabi has even branded itself “the capital of capital.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260329025949/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/11/middleeast/trump-visit-gulf-arab-states-saudi-uae-qatar-intl 29 March 2026 en metonym The Emirati government. en Q187712en emirate c/United Arab Emirates on the southern gulf/Persian Gulf. en United Arab Emirates en Ajman Dubai Fujairah Ras al-Khaimah Sharjah Umm al-Quwain Derived terms en Abu Dhabian Translations capital of UAE Afar: aa Abu Dabi Afrikaans: af Aboe Dhabi Albanian: sq Abu Dabi Amharic: am አቡ ዳቢ Arabic: ar أَبُو ظَبْي f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܲܒ݂ܘܼ ܛܲܒ݂ܝܵܐ f Armenian: hy Աբու Դաբի Assamese: as আবু জাবী, as আবু ঢাবী Asturian: ast Abu Dhabi Azerbaijani: az Əbu-Dabi Bashkir: ba Әбү-Дәби Belarusian: be А́бу-Да́бі m Bengali: bn আবুধাবি Bulgarian: bg Абу̀ Да̀би m Burmese: my အဘူဒါဘီမြို့ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 阿布扎比 aa3 bou3 zaat3 bei2, yue 阿布扎比市 aa3 bou3 zaat3 bei2 si5 Mandarin: cmn 阿布扎比 Ābùzābǐ Czech: cs Abú Zabí n, cs Abú Dhabí n Danish: da Abu Dhabi n Dutch: nl Abu Dhabi n, nl Aboe Dhabi n Esperanto: eo Abu-Dabio, eo Abudabio Estonian: et Abu Dhabi Finnish: fi Abu Dhabi French: fr Abou Dabi m, fr Abou Dhabi m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Abû Daby n Galician: gl Abu Dabi Georgian: ka აბუ-დაბი German: de Abu Dhabi n Greek: el Άμπου Ντάμπι n Hebrew: he אַבּוּ דַּאבִּי f ábu dábi Hindi: hi अबू धाबी m Hungarian: hu Abu-Dzabi Icelandic: is Abú Dabí Ido: io Abu Dhabi Indonesian: id Abu Dhabi Irish: ga Abú Daibí m Italian: it Abu Dhabi Japanese: ja アブダビ Abudabi Kazakh: kk Абу-Даби Khmer: km អាប៊ុយដាប៊ី Korean: ko ^아부다비 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Ebû Zebî Kyrgyz: ky Абу-Даби Lao: lo ອາບູດາບີ Latvian: lv Abū Dabī Lithuanian: lt Abu Dabis m Macedonian: mk Абу Даби m Malay: ms Abu Dhabi Maltese: mt Abu Dhabi Marathi: mr अबू धाबी n Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Абу-Даби Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Abu Dhabi Nynorsk: nn Abu Dhabi Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Абу Даби m Pashto: ps ابوظبي f abozabi Persian: fa ابوظبی abuzabi Polish: pl Abu Zabi n Portuguese: pt Abu Dhabi, pt Abu Dabi Romanian: ro Abu Dhabi Russian: ru А́бу-Да́би m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Абу Даби m Latin: sh Abu Dabi m Sinhalese: si අබුඩාබි Slovak: sk Abú Zabí n, sk Abú Dábí n Slovene: sl Abu Dabi m Spanish: es Abu Dabi Swedish: sv Abu Dhabi n Tagalog: tl Abu Dhabi Tajik: tg Абузабӣ Tamil: ta அபுதாபி Tatar: tt Әбу-Даби Thai: th อาบูดาบี Tibetan: bo ཨ་པོའུ་དྷ་པེ Turkish: tr Abu Dabi Turkmen: tk Abu-Dabi Ukrainian: uk А́бу-Да́бі m Urdu: ur ابو ظہبی m abū zahabī, ur ابوظہبی m abūzahabī Uyghur: ug ئەبۇ زەبى Uzbek: uz Abu-Dabi Vietnamese: vi A-bu Đa-bi Võro: vro Abu Dhabi Yiddish: yi אַבו דאַבי n emirate Arabic: ar إِمَارَة أَبُو ظَبْي f ʔimārat ʔabū ẓaby Armenian: hy Աբու Դաբի Bulgarian: bg Абу́ Да̀би m Esperanto: eo Abudabio Finnish: fi Abu Dhabi Frisian: West Frisian: fy Abû Daby n Irish: ga Abú Daibí m Marathi: mr अबू धाबी n Persian: fa امارت ابوظبی emârat-e abuzabi Russian: ru А́бу-Да́би m Tajik: tg Иморати Абузабӣ Uyghur: ug ئەبۇ زەبى ئەمىرلىكى References Further reading German Etymology From de ar أَبُو ظَبْي, probably in part through de en Abu Dhabi, as the transliteration dh for ar ظ is not common in German. Pronunciation de /ˌabuˈdaːbi/ de /ˌabuˈdabi/ rare; learned de De-Abu Dhabi.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym 1 de emirate c/United Arab Emirates on the southern gulf/Persian Gulf Abu Dhabi de capital city c/United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Declension toponym Portuguese Proper noun 1 f pt Abudábi. Romanian Pronunciation ro /aˌbudaˈbi/ ro i 4 ro A bu Dha bí Proper noun ro proper noun n ro capital city c/United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi ro emirate c/United Arab Emirates on the southern gulf/Persian Gulf Abu Dhabi Declension sg Further reading