What Is The Full Meaning Of DUBAI?

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what is the full meaning of DUBAI? May 18, 2004
:lol: AM IN SEARCH OF THE MEANING OF THIS LATTEST WORLD OUTSTANING CITY. CAN YOU HELP GIVE ME WHAT IT STANDS FOR ? AM SURE ITS NOT AN ENGLISH WORD. THANKS ALOT.

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May 18, 2004
u mean the meaning of the word dubai? or the meaning of dubai?
there is a massive difference.

as for the answer of the meaning of dubai?
it can not be but into a single forum duabi means more then a country "all this sweet stuff etc"

as according to ur q about the meaning of the word dubai it means....

sorry i gtg talk to u later
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Feb 18, 2008
Dubai is the World Class City of the future.

In 10 years all countries will look at Dubai and go WOW!
Sheikhmo
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Feb 18, 2008
Dubai means:

Progress

Achievement

Dreams

Possibility

Future
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Feb 18, 2008
Sheikhmo wrote:Dubai is the World Class City of the future.

In 10 years all countries will look at Dubai and go WOW!



only it wont have enough inhibitants to make use of it, because everyone will be in all the other emirates because dubai became too f****'in much!
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Oct 16, 2008
Dubai is an emirate of seven emirates of the UAE...
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Oct 16, 2008
Sheikhmo wrote:Dubai is the World Class City of the future.

In 10 years all countries will look at Dubai and go WOW!


Yea, they'll say WOW what the hell was I thinking when I bought an apartment there.
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Oct 16, 2008
so dubai means wow....

WOW is a game, inee?...
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Oct 17, 2008
The origins of the word Dubai are in dispute, as some believe it to have originated from Persian, while some believe that Arabic is the linguistic root of the word.
According to Fedel Handhal, researcher in the history and culture of the UAE, the word Dubai may have come from the word Daba (a derivative of Yadub), which means to creep; the word may be a reference to the flow of Dubai Creek inland.
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Oct 17, 2008
seardarren wrote:The origins of the word Dubai are in dispute, as some believe it to have originated from Persian, while some believe that Arabic is the linguistic root of the word.
According to Fedel Handhal, researcher in the history and culture of the UAE, the word Dubai may have come from the word Daba (a derivative of Yadub), which means to creep; the word may be a reference to the flow of Dubai Creek inland.


good research..
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Oct 17, 2008
I've also heard the explaination that its possibly a corruption of the English "The Bay" refering to earlier times when English and Dutch vessels used to call in along the coast for harbour and trading.
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Oct 17, 2008
My definition -

Hmm... Keep it rolling

JAPAN- Jump And Pump All Night !


:lol:
http://tinyurl.com/motorbikejokes
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Oct 18, 2008
id go with soulless....or maybe artificial..
or soulessly artificial if that works
Andez
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Oct 18, 2008
Andez wrote: maybe artificial..
or soulessly artificial


:) everything is artificial here...

and the world is here..lol.....
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Oct 18, 2008
sharfraz wrote:
Andez wrote: maybe artificial..
or soulessly artificial


:) everything is artificial here...

and the world is here..lol.....


and by world u mean....??
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Oct 18, 2008
Andez wrote:
sharfraz wrote:
Andez wrote: maybe artificial..
or soulessly artificial


:) everything is artificial here...

and the world is here..lol.....


and by world u mean....??


A Cluster of Islands off Jumeirah coast. It's the World. The World is here.
Darn, it's not even funny...
shariqq
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Oct 18, 2008
I think this place is sad :roll: or maybe im just stuck in self sympathy for having to live here
Andez
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Oct 18, 2008
This might cheer you up. I wrote this sometime back when I used to get depressed by the ample roadworks and detours.

Ahem...

I lead a sad and alienated life which would include beer and p<3n if I wasn't a conservative so here... I accentuate my miserly existence by polluting forums into wasted lands with undigested ideas that tread and crawl towards the mind of other similar melted rationales to ensure the longevity of banal existence
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Oct 18, 2008
shariqq wrote:This might cheer you up. I wrote this sometime back when I used to get depressed by the ample roadworks and detours.

Ahem...

I lead a sad and alienated life which would include beer and p<3n if I wasn't a conservative so here... I accentuate my miserly existence by polluting forums into wasted lands with undigested ideas that tread and crawl towards the mind of other similar melted rationales to ensure the longevity of banal existence


that was supposed to cheer me up? : /
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Oct 19, 2008
I was being sarcastic. But then, the fact that you are not alone (There are many like us!) can be comforting! :)
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Oct 22, 2008
"THE MOST EXPENSIVE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY IN THE WORLD"

hope that helps
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Oct 22, 2008
Whoa. Firstly, Dubai is not a country.

And then, why would you call it third-world?
shariqq
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Oct 22, 2008
though it's not a country, Dubai is more well known than the UAE
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Oct 23, 2008
Well... it means : "Do Buy" LOL just kidding

I was also interested in understanding the meaning of the word "Dubai" since its not arabic even. all the other emirates has arabic meanings but not Dubai.

The only thing which could make sense to me tat it means: "Du Bahi" which is basically an Indian word means: the two "Bahi" brothers ...(Du means 2 and Bahi is the name of the Family). This name came after 2 Indian brothers started a small trade on the cost of dubai when this place was nothing at all. The "Bahi" brothers then became the reference for the place and slowly the word has been modified to Dubai
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Oct 23, 2008
james c wrote:"THE MOST EXPENSIVE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY IN THE WORLD"

hope that helps


What are you saying????
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Oct 23, 2008
is he sarcastic..?
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