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How Dubai was named
There are several theories as to how Dubai was named.One theory is that the word Dubai is a combination of the Farsi words for two and brothers, the latter referring to Deira and Bur Dubai.
Others believe that ‘Dubai’ was so named by people who considered its souq a smaller version of a thriving market named ‘Daba’.
Another possibility is that the name came from a word meaning money - people from Dubai were commonly believed to have money because it was a prosperous trading centre.
It is worth mentioning that there is another town named Dubai in the Al Dahna’ region of Saudi Arabia, between Riyadh and Dammam.
