Proper Name guide

Abu Dhabi

name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/
  • US: /ˈɑ.bu ˈðɑ.bi/
  • US: /ˈɑ.bu ˈdæ.bi/
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1

name

Meaning 1

The capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Abu Dhabi emirate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: United Arab Emirates's capital

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: national capital

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby, “father of the gazelle”). The first word Abu is related to abba. See abbot, Abraham for more.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afar: Abu Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Afrikaans: Aboe Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Albanian: Abu Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Amharic: አቡ ዳቢ (ʾäbu dabi) — capital of UAE
  • Arabic: أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby) — capital of UAE
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܒ݂ܘܼ ܛܲܒ݂ܝܵܐ (aḇū ṭaḇyā) — capital of UAE
  • Armenian: Աբու Դաբի (Abu Dabi) — capital of UAE
  • Assamese: আবু জাবী (abu zabi) — capital of UAE
  • Assamese: আবু ঢাবী (abu dhabi) — capital of UAE
  • Asturian: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Azerbaijani: Əbu-Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Bashkir: Әбү-Дәби (Əbü-Dəbi) — capital of UAE
  • Belarusian: А́бу-Да́бі (Ábu-Dábi) — capital of UAE
  • Bengali: আবুধাবি (abudhabi) — capital of UAE
  • Bulgarian: Абу̀ Да̀би (Abù Dàbi) — capital of UAE
  • Burmese: အဘူဒါဘီမြို့ (a.bhudabhimrui.) — capital of UAE
  • Chinese Cantonese: 阿布扎比 (aa3 bou3 zaat3 bei2) — capital of UAE
  • Chinese Cantonese: 阿布扎比市 (aa3 bou3 zaat3 bei2 si5) — capital of UAE
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿布扎比 (Ābùzābǐ) — capital of UAE
  • Czech: Abú Zabí — capital of UAE
  • Czech: Abú Dhabí — capital of UAE
  • Danish: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Dutch: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Dutch: Aboe Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Esperanto: Abu-Dabio — capital of UAE
  • Esperanto: Abudabio — capital of UAE
  • Estonian: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Finnish: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • French: Abou Dabi — capital of UAE
  • French: Abou Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • West-Frisian: Abû Daby — capital of UAE
  • Galician: Abu Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Georgian: აბუ-დაბი (abu-dabi) — capital of UAE
  • German: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Greek: Άμπου Ντάμπι (Ámpou Ntámpi) — capital of UAE
  • Hebrew: אַבּוּ דַּאבִּי (ábu dábi) — capital of UAE
  • Hindi: अबू धाबी (abū dhābī) — capital of UAE
  • Hungarian: Abu-Dzabi — capital of UAE
  • Icelandic: Abú Dabí — capital of UAE
  • Ido: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Indonesian: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Irish: Abú Daibí — capital of UAE
  • Italian: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Japanese: アブダビ (Abudabi) — capital of UAE
  • Kazakh: Абу-Даби (Abu-Dabi) — capital of UAE
  • Khmer: អាប៊ុយដាប៊ី (ʼaabuydaabii) — capital of UAE
  • Korean: 아부다비 (Abudabi) — capital of UAE
  • Northern Kurdish: Ebû Zebî — capital of UAE
  • Kyrgyz: Абу-Даби (Abu-Dabi) — capital of UAE
  • Lao: ອາບູດາບີ (ʼā bū dā bī) — capital of UAE
  • Latvian: Abū Dabī — capital of UAE
  • Lithuanian: Abu Dabis — capital of UAE
  • Macedonian: Абу Даби (Abu Dabi) — capital of UAE
  • Malay: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Maltese: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Marathi: अबू धाबी (abū dhābī) — capital of UAE
  • Mongolian: Абу-Даби (Abu-Dabi) — capital of UAE
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Pashto: ابوظبي (abozabi) — capital of UAE
  • Persian: ابوظبی (abuzabi) — capital of UAE
  • Polish: Abu Zabi — capital of UAE
  • Portuguese: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Portuguese: Abu Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Romanian: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Russian: А́бу-Да́би (Ábu-Dábi) — capital of UAE
  • Serbo-Croatian: Абу Даби — capital of UAE
  • Serbo-Croatian: Abu Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Sinhalese: අබුඩාබි (abuḍābi) — capital of UAE
  • Slovak: Abú Zabí — capital of UAE
  • Slovak: Abú Dábí — capital of UAE
  • Slovene: Abu Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Spanish: Abu Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Swedish: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Tagalog: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Tajik: Абузабӣ (Abuzabi) — capital of UAE
  • Tamil: அபுதாபி (aputāpi) — capital of UAE
  • Tatar: Әбу-Даби (Äbu-Dabi) — capital of UAE
  • Thai: อาบูดาบี (aa-buu-daa-bii) — capital of UAE
  • Tibetan: ཨ་པོའུ་དྷ་པེ (a po'u dha pe) — capital of UAE
  • Turkish: Abu Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Turkmen: Abu-Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Ukrainian: А́бу-Да́бі (Ábu-Dábi) — capital of UAE
  • Urdu: ابو ظہبی (abū zahabī) — capital of UAE
  • Urdu: ابوظہبی (abūzahabī) — capital of UAE
  • Uyghur: ئەبۇ زەبى (ebu zebi) — capital of UAE
  • Uzbek: Abu-Dabi — capital of UAE
  • Vietnamese: A-bu Đa-bi — capital of UAE
  • Võro: Abu Dhabi — capital of UAE
  • Yiddish: אַבו דאַבי (abu dabi) — capital of UAE
  • Arabic: إِمَارَة أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔimārat ʔabū ẓaby) — emirate
  • Armenian: Աբու Դաբի (Abu Dabi) — emirate
  • Bulgarian: Абу́ Да̀би (Abú Dàbi) — emirate
  • Esperanto: Abudabio — emirate
  • West-Frisian: Abû Daby — emirate
  • Irish: Abú Daibí — emirate
  • Marathi: अबू धाबी (abū dhābī) — emirate
  • Persian: امارت ابوظبی (emârat-e abuzabi) — emirate
  • Russian: А́бу-Да́би (Ábu-Dábi) — emirate
  • Tajik: Иморати Абузабӣ (Imorat-i Abuzabi) — emirate
  • Uyghur: ئەبۇ زەبى ئەمىرلىكى (ebu zebi emirliki) — emirate