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Emirati Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة الإماراتية, romanized: al-Lahjah al-Imārātīyah) refers to a group of Arabic dialectal varieties spoken by the Emiratis native to the United Arab Emirates that share core characteristics with specific phonological, lexical, and morphosyntactic features and a certain degree of intra-dialectal variation, which is mostly geographically defined.
Gulf Arabic or Khaleeji (خليجي Ḵalījī local pronunciation: [χɑˈliːdʒiː] or اللهجة الخليجية il-lahja il-Ḵalījīya, local pronunciation: [(ɪ)lˈlæhdʒæ lχɑˈliːdʒiːjæ]) is a variety of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia [2] around the coasts of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, southern Iraq, [3] eastern Saudi ...
This is a list of traditional Arabic place names. This list includes: Places involved in the history of the Arab world and the Arabic names given to them. Places whose official names include an Arabic form. Places whose names originate from the Arabic language. All names are in Standard Arabic and academically transliterated. Most of these ...
Downtown Dubai is often lit with fireworks while the Burj Khalifa displays the UAE flag. It is crowded with people seeking to see the massive National Day fireworks and celebration. Shopping centers, malls, and institutions are also decorated with the flag of the country.
Emiratis predominantly communicate in Emirati Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة الإماراتية, romanized: al-Llughatyl al-Imārātīyah), a variant of Gulf Arabic that serves as the national language in the UAE, though the official status is granted to Modern Standard Arabic which is used in politics, literature, news, and diplomacy.
Dubai [a] is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates. [5] [6] [7] The city has a population of around 3.79 million (as of 2024), [8] more than 90% of which are expatriates.
Jumeirah (Arabic: جُمَيْرَا, romanized: Jumayrā Emirati pronunciation: [dʒʊˈmeːrɐ]) is a coastal residential area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates mainly comprising low rise private dwellings and hotel developments. It has both expensive and large detached properties as well as more modest town houses built in a variety of ...
Dubai–Sharjah–Ajman (DSA) is a densely populated metropolitan area in the United Arab Emirates. It consists of the combined, greater urban areas of Dubai , Ajman , and Sharjah . [ 3 ] The urban areas at the northeast end of Dubai flow into those of Sharjah, which in turn are contiguous with those of Ajman. [ 4 ]