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Jeddah ( English: / ˈdʒɛdə / JED-ə ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( / ˈdʒɪdə / JID-ə; Arabic: جِدَّة, romanized : Jidda, Hejazi pronunciation: [ˈdʒɪd.da] ), is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia and the country's commercial center.
Dubai ( / duːˈbaɪ / doo-BY; Arabic: دبي, romanized : Dubayy, IPA: [dʊˈbajj], Gulf Arabic pronunciation: [dəˈbaj]) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai. Established in the 18th century as a small fishing village, the city grew rapidly in the early 21st century into a ...