Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A sheikhdom and city of eastern Arabia on the Persian Gulf. The city is the capital of the United Arab Emirates. With enormous oil revenues, the sheikhdom has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.

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  • proper noun One of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf.
  • proper noun The capital of the United Arab Emirates.

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

Etymologies

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Arabic أبوظبي ('Abū ẓabī, "father of the gazelle").

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  • Spending for the plan—part of a program called Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030—was to come from profits gained over the past few years as a result of high oil prices.

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  • The phenomenon has grown so much recently that some Abu Dhabi firms have arranged to pick up their staff from places like Ibn Battuta mall in Dubai and bus them to work in Abu Dhabi, which is about an hour's drive away.

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  • "It was not my intention and never will be my intention to go into any discrimination," Blatter said in Abu Dhabi, which is hosting the Club World Cup.

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  • "It was not my intention and never will be my intention to go into any discrimination," Blatter said in Abu Dhabi, which is hosting the Club World Cup.

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  • The commitment came from the so-called sovereign wealth funds controlled by the governments of Singapore and Abu Dhabi, which is part of the United Arab Emirates.

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  • Fax: www. thepinx.co.kr Abu Dhabi Golf Club Opened in 2000, the Abu Dhabi is the home of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, a European Tour event.

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  • Separately, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, which is part of the United Arab Emirates, recently spoke to the Al-Arabiya network about the initiative, which was spearheaded by his late father, UAE's president at the time.

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  • According to Dr Christopher Davidson, reader in Middle East studies at Durham University, the country wants to go further than the nation-building of Abu Dhabi, which is being fuelled, partly, by hosting a Formula One Grand Prix and the Fifa Club World Cup and by Sheikh Mansour's acquisition of Manchester City.

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  • Judiciary will speed Abu Dhabi rent solutions weekend of the new season will from now on be known as the Abu Dhabi Emirates Equestrian Federation Wednesday signed ...

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