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ABU DHABI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Abu Dhabi mean? 

ABU DHABI (noun)
  The noun ABU DHABI has 1 sense:

1. a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emiratesplay

  Familiarity information: ABU DHABI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABU DHABI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Abu Dhabi; United Arab Emirates's capital

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Abu Dhabi" is a part of...):

United Arab Emirates (a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves)


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