Abu Dhabi
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2.7
- proper noun
- /ˈɑːbuː ˈdɑːbi/
- The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is a famous landmark in Abu Dhabi.
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- Transcela did for Jean well, for the new Louvre in Abu Dhabi.
- what I keep in my travel beauty and skin care bags. Or you can click over here to see me ride a camel in the Abu Dhabi desert. Yeah, you wanna watch that? OK.
- Like my dad tells me stories about back in the days when there was like one or two sand roads to go to Abu Dhabi.
- So I think it's just because there's two reasons why I think this one is because possibly it's ran by the sheiks over in Abu Dhabi who who pay for it.
- So say we went to Saudi, not Saudi, Dubai, Abu Dhabi.
- We're like, yeah, we're, you know, going to Abu Dhabi in like a month and he goes, he goes Abu Dhabi.
- If you would review the video, where is it from, Dubai or Abu Dhabi, of the mysterious hit on the hotel guest.
- She's in a faculty affiliate at NYU Abu Dhabi Dhabi and her race, her research interests include race, demography and the sociology of science.
Examples
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She left Abu Dhabi with a certain key.
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Safest place I've ever been is Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
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You are going to Abu Dhabi for me.
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And there, in the middle of Old Abu Dhabi, was an old love.
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A ticket to Abu Dhabi.
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Um, in Abu Dhabi, we have a game.
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It's up in Abu Dhabi.
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How do we tip in Abu Dhabi?
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One week in Abu Dhabi, all expenses paid.
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What an Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this has been!
Surface Forms
Morphology
Abu + Dhabi
This is a lexicalized place name made from non-English elements (Arabic morphemes) whose literal parts do not transparently yield the meaning 'capital city' to an English B1 learner. Even if a learner knew 'abu' as a patronymic element ('father of'), that knowledge would not allow them to infer that the compound names a country capital rather than a person or other referent; toponyms are generally arbitrary and language-specific.
Etymology
Abu Dhabi: The name comes from Arabic: Abu means 'father of' and Dhabi means 'gazelle', which paints a picture of a place famous for gazelles long ago. That's why the same name today refers to the city and to one of the seven emirates.