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Abadiyeh, Abadiyah, Aabadiyeh and other romanisations, preceded or not by the article al- or el-, is an Arabic place-name derived from the word '' ʿabd'', meaning 'slave', 'servant', or 'worshipper'. It is often understood as the shortened form of ''ʿAbd Allah'', meaning "servant of God". The suffix ''-iya'', in all its different transliterations, means "place of...", creating for Abadiyeh the meaning of "place of the slave/servant/worshipper' (of God). Abadiyeh may refer to the following places: *
Abadiyeh, Egypt Abadiyeh is a place in Egypt situated about a dozen miles west of Dendera. Archaeological W. M. Flinders Petrie was assisted with excavations by David Randall-MacIver and Arthur Cruttenden Mace, these having been done on the behalf of the Egyptia ...
, an archaeological site in Egypt * Abadiyeh, Lebanon, a town near Beirut


See also

* Al-Ubaid (disambiguation), for the diminutive form of ʿAbd; includes the site name Ubeidiya with different spellings {{geodis