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Date "ABU" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
"ABU" is a common misspelling or typo for: abut. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ABU | English | Anglo-Belgian Union | N/A |
ABU | French | Alliance biblique universelle | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: ABU |
| Specialty definitions using "ABU": War of the Meal-sacks. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ABU" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Indonesian (ash, dust), Malay (ash, cinder), Wolof (Abu). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Abu Hassan got 'em anymore! (Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves; writing credit: George Manuell) Does Auda Abu Tayi serve! (Lawrence of Arabia; writing credit: T.E. Lawrence; Robert Bolt) I am Auda Abu Tayi! (Lawrence of Arabia; writing credit: T.E. Lawrence; Robert Bolt) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Abu Rajkhan Beruni (1974) Sajin Abu Zaabal (1957) Abu Hassan Pencuri (1955) Goha wa Abu Nawas (1933) Mughammarat Abu Abed (1931) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The Abu Dhabi authorities in the late 1980's instituted an offset program. (references) | |
Steps are being taken in Abu Dhabi to install a modern central alarm system. (references) | ||
In 1971, the President has been the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahyan. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | United Arab Emirates | There is a Baha'i cemetery in Abu Dhabi Emirate. (references) |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah also are home to Catholic primary and secondary schools. (references) | |
Egypt | On May 6, the Islamic Research Center called for the banning from circulation of two books, "The Woes of Toads," by Alaa Hamed and "A Call to Think About the Quran and the Hadith," by Ibrahim Abu Khalil. (references) | |
Economic History | Bahrain | Note: Includes oil from the Abu Saafa Field. (references) |
Uae | Abu Dhabi also is in the process of increasing income from its enormous gas reserves. (references) | |
Uae | Severe restrictions on land ownership and transfer of land exist in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. (references) | |
Human Rights | Egypt | Prisons in Abu Zaabal and Tora remain closed to visits. (references) |
Philippines | The Abu Sayyaf Group again engaged in many acts of terrorism during the year. (references) | |
Jordan | Abu Awwad's family claimed that he was held without explanation for 3 weeks, then released. (references) | |
Minorities | Yemen | Witnesses said that the incident involved the Abu Nashtun and al-Faqih tribes and was related to an incident between the two tribes that had occurred 10 years previously. (references) |
Political Economy | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | It is conservatively estimated that assets of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority total more than $125 billion. (references) |
United Arab Emirates | The Government owns the majority share of the petroleum production enterprise in the largest emirate, Abu Dhabi. (references) | |
Trade | Uae | Bank of America and Union National Bank have representatives office in Dubai, while Bank of New York has one in Abu Dhabi. (references) |
Uae | The largest banks in terms of assets include the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, National Bank of Dubai, Emirates Bank International, Mashreq Bank and the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. (references) | |
Travel | Uae | Health: Public health services in Abu Dhabi and Dubai are adequate, i.e., major trauma cases can be stabilized. (references) |
Women | United Arab Emirates | Zayid University, an all-women, state-run university, has campuses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. (references) |
Worker Rights | Peru | In May a Peruvian intermediary contracted three men to work as mechanics in Abu Dhabi. (references) |
United Arab Emirates | The three women eventually escaped and obtained protection at their country's embassy in Abu Dhabi. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | The Iraqis tried playing that card in the death of Palestinian terrorist, Abu Nidal, who assumed room temperature under mysterious circumstances. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "ABU" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.37% of the time. "ABU" is used about 367 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 98.37% | 361 | 14,936 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.36% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (common) | 0.27% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 367 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ABU" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Abu | Last name | 200 | 34,349 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "ABU": Abu Dhabi. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ABU": Abu-baker, Abu-ghazala, Abu-halima, Abu-salih, Abu-suer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
abu movie | 516 | abu club combat dhabi | 30 |
abu garcia | 515 | abu garcia.com | 29 |
abu dhabi united arab emirates | 459 | abu authority dhabi investment | 26 |
abu dhabi | 435 | abu bank dhabi national | 24 |
abu | 146 | abu dhabi television | 22 |
abu movies.com | 119 | abu garcia part | 20 |
mumia abu jamal | 108 | abdul abu haydar im mun | 19 |
abu simbel | 89 | abu bakr | 18 |
abu garcia reel | 75 | abu combat dhabi | 18 |
abu dhabi tv | 65 | abu dabi tv | 18 |
abu mazen | 55 | abu dahbi | 17 |
abu nidal | 44 | abu mount | 17 |
abu garcia fishing reel | 43 | abu asyir ba bakar | 17 |
abu dhabi map | 38 | abu dhabi news | 16 |
abu dhabi hotel | 38 | abu hotel simbel temple | 16 |
abu dhabi university | 37 | abu airport dhabi | 15 |
abu dabi | 36 | abu dhabi police | 15 |
abu password | 33 | abu dhabi ruler | 15 |
abbas abu | 31 | abu iraq nidal | 13 |
abu sayyaf | 31 | abu nidal syria | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "ABU"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Abou Dhabi (Abu Dhabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Αμπού Ντάμπι (Abu Dhabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | abuay Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi). (various references) Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi). (various references) Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi). (various references) abu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ABU": abubble, abuilding, abulia, abulias, abulic, abundance, abundances, abundant, abundantly, abusable, abuse, abused, abuser, abusers, abuses, abusing, abusive, abusively, abusiveness, abusivenesses, abut, abutilon, abutilons, abutment, abutments, abuts, abuttal, abuttals, abutted, abutter, abutters, abutting, abuzz. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ABU": babu, habu, tabu. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ABU": acetabula, acetabular, acetabulum, acetabulums, babul, babuls, babus, babushka, babushkas, chabuk, chabuks, confabulate, confabulated, confabulates, confabulating, confabulation, confabulations, confabulator, confabulators, confabulatory, constabularies, constabulary, disabuse, disabused, disabuses, disabusing, fabular, fabulist, fabulistic, fabulists, fabulous, fabulously, fabulousness, fabulousnesses, fantabulous, habus, incunabula, incunabulum, kabuki, kabukis, kookaburra, kookaburras, laburnum, laburnums, megabuck, megabucks, osnaburg, osnaburgs, overabundance, overabundances, overabundant. (additional references) | |
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"ABU" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abf, Abg, Abk, Aboo, Absu, abug, Abuko, abun, abuy, Aeuc, Aeuw, Afuu, Ahu, Aiu, Akbuk, Albou, Ambu, Apbc, Apbus, Babuu, Bauv, Bawu, ebu, Sabu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-u" | |
-1 letter: ab, ba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-u" | |
+1 letter: abut, babu, baud, beau, bura, daub, habu, juba, suba, tabu, tuba. | |
+2 letters: about, abuse, abuts, abuzz, album, babul, babus, battu, bauds, baulk, bayou, beaus, beaut, beaux, bubal, bulla, bunya, buran, buras, bursa, daube, daubs, dauby, habus, jubas, nubia, rumba, scuba, squab, subah, subas, tabun, tabus, tsuba, tubae, tubal, tubas, umbra, unban, unbar, urban, urbia. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Spoken 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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