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Abu Dabi

English translation: deer-land(originally: deer-valley, deer-mountain,deer-hell)

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Arabic term or phrase:Abu Dhabi
English translation:deer-land(originally: deer-valley, deer-mountain,deer-hell)
Entered by: hamuksha (X)

19:09 Dec 26, 2002
Arabic to English translations [Non-PRO]
Geography / geography
Arabic term or phrase: Abu Dabi
this is the name of a city; want to know what the English translation is
Carol Duthoy
deer land
Explanation:
since when do we translte proper names?!
i guess u need the literal meaning? i mean in the way we say that "Al-Fustat",the Islamic capital of Egypt,means "the large tent". if so i guess it'd be as follows: Abu is one of the Arabic al-asmaa'al-khamsa and functionally attributes something.dhabi could be a colloquial equivalent of dhebaa' which is the lexical plural of dhabya ,deer.
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hamuksha (X)
Local time: 06:25
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=265991&keyword=Abu
Sami Khamou
5 +3Abu Dhabi
Dolores Vázquez
5Abu Dhabi
mzaraah
1deer land
hamuksha (X)


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Abu Dhabi


Explanation:
capital of United Arab Emirates


    Reference: http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom
Dolores Vázquez
Native speaker of: Native in GalicianGalician, Native in SpanishSpanish
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I am looking for the literal translation of the name.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aisha Maniar: this is the same spelling used in official documents and on world maps (in English)
17 mins
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agree  Talal Owaidah
10 hrs
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agree  AhmedAMS
10 days
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Comment: I am looking for the literal translation of the name.

44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=265991&keyword=Abu


Explanation:
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http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=265991&keyword=Abu

Sami Khamou
Local time: 00:25
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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tried link 2x & got msg that it doesn't exist

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agree  Fuad Yahya
23 mins
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agree  Stephen Franke
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agree  AhmedAMS
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Comment: tried link 2x & got msg that it doesn't exist

18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Abu Dhabi


Explanation:
Capital of The United Arab Emirates

mzaraah
Local time: 06:25
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does not give the literal translation into English
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Comment: does not give the literal translation into English

92 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
deer land


Explanation:
since when do we translte proper names?!
i guess u need the literal meaning? i mean in the way we say that "Al-Fustat",the Islamic capital of Egypt,means "the large tent". if so i guess it'd be as follows: Abu is one of the Arabic al-asmaa'al-khamsa and functionally attributes something.dhabi could be a colloquial equivalent of dhebaa' which is the lexical plural of dhabya ,deer.

hamuksha (X)
Local time: 06:25
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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