- Dubayy
- or Dubai geographical name 1. sheikhdom, member of United Arab Emirates 1500 square miles (3885 square kilometers) 2. city, its capital population 265,702
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Dubayy — Du·bayy or Du·bai (do͞o bīʹ) A city and sheikdom of eastern United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf. Oil was discovered here in the 1960s. Population: 265,702. * * * or Dubai Constituent emirate (pop., 2001 est.: 913,000), United Arab Emirates… … Universalium
Dubayy — Dubaï 25° 15′ 57″ N 55° 17′ 29″ E / 25.2658, 55.2915 … Wikipédia en Français
Dubayy — دبي (arab.) Landesflagge Basisdaten Emirat: Dubai Geographische Lage … Deutsch Wikipedia
Dubayy — Dubaï ou Dubayy v. (265 700 hab.) et émirat du golfe Persique (3 750 km², 420 000 hab.). (V. émirats arabes unis.) … Encyclopédie Universelle
Dubayy — n. Dubai, port city in the northeast United Arab Emirates; sheikhdom, territory ruled by a sheik, jurisdiction of an Arab tribal leader … English contemporary dictionary
United Arab Emirates — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain … Universalium
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Abu Zaby — (or Zabi) [ä΄bo͞o zä′bē] Ar. name for ABU DHABI * * * ▪ emirate, United Arab Emirates also spelled Abu Dhabi constituent emirate of the United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial States, or Trucial Oma … Universalium
Maktūm dynasty — or Āl Maktūm ( Maktūm family ) Ruling family of the emirate of Dubayy (Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). One of the two members of the Āl Bū Falāsāh family to emigrate from Abu Dhabi to Dubayy in 1833 was Baṭī ibn Suhayl, father of Maktūm … Universalium
Maktūm, Rāshid ibn Saʿīd, Sheikh Āl — ▪ Arab statesman also spelled Sheikh Rashid ibn Said Al Maktum , Maktūm also spelled Maktoum born 1910?, in the desert inland from the Persian Gulf died Oct. 7, 1990, Dubayy, U.A.E. Arab statesman largely responsible for creating the… … Universalium
