Original: Dubai (Dubayy duË Ë baÉ) is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi.
Simplified: On 2 December 1971 Dubai formed the United Arab Emirates, together with Abu Dhabi and five other emirates.