Adab or ADAB may refer to:
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Adab (city)
Adab (Sumerian language, Sumerian: ''Adab''ki, spelled UD.NUNKI) was an ancient Sumerian city between Girsu and Nippur, lying about 35 kilometers southeast of the latter. It was located at the site of modern Bismaya or Bismya in the Al-Qādisiy ...
, a city of ancient Sumer
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Adab, Yemen, a village
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Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base (ADAB, , ) is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately south of Abu Dhabi, and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force.
Facilities
The airport sits at an elevation of a ...
, a military installation of the United Arab Emirates Air Force near Abu Dhabi, UAE
; Literary and cultural use
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Adab (Islam)
Adab () in the context of behavior, refers to prescribed Islamic etiquette: "refinement, good manners, morals, decorum, decency, humaneness". Al-Adab () has been defined as "decency, morals".
While interpretation of the scope and particulars of ...
, the category of Islamic law dealing with etiquette
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Adab (literature)
Islamic literature is literature written by Muslim people, influenced by an Islamic cultural perspective, or literature that portrays Islam. It can be written in any language and portray any country or region. It includes many literary forms inclu ...
, the classical Islamic literature
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Adab (gesture)
Adab ( Hindustani: آداب ( Nastaleeq), आदाब (Devanagari)), from the Arabic word Aadaab (آداب), meaning respect and politeness, is a hand gesture used in the Indian subcontinent, by the Urdu-speaking while greeting. It involves raisi ...
, a greeting gesture traditionally used by Muslims of South Asia
; Media
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Al Adab
''Al Adab'' () was an Arabic avant-garde existentialist literary print magazine published in Beirut, Lebanon, in the period 1953–2012. It was restarted in 2015 as an online-only publication. ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' describes it as one of t ...
'', Arabic online literary magazine in Beirut, Lebanon
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Australian Development Assistance Bureau, predecessor of Australian Aid, Australia's foreign aid program
; Surname
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Misbaholdiwan Adab, a Kurdish poet
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