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7/5/24, 3:15 PM Dubai Road Naming Committee launches 'Roads Naming Suggestions platform'
Committee to promote community participation in submitting proposals for naming roads

and streets across various areas of the Emirate.
This is in accordance with approved classifications that aim to revive heritage names,

highlight national identity and social and cultural characteristics that reflect the emirate's
history, heritage, values, social and cultural wealth, and consistency with future

development and orientation.

Al Hajri said, "The new platform serves as a digital system, allowing the public to suggest
names for streets and roads across Dubai, keeping in mind a comprehensive method and

specific criteria that reflects our identity and the interrelationship between the past, present

and future of Dubai. It aims to revive valuable historical meanings, heritage, and urban
monuments, in line with Dubai's leading global position and reputation, further

consolidating diverse areas of the Emirate in the minds of present and future generations."

Furthermore, the committee has devised a method for proposing names based on specific
classifications that will inspire the names for each area. These classifications include

names linked to Arabic and Islamic design and architecture, along with names associated

to art, culture and Arabic poetic prosody.
It will also encompass names of natural phenomena, local plants, trees, flowers, and

marine, and wild plants, along with the names of wild and marine birds. Additionally, it will

also cover names related to environmental sustainability, ships, marine tools, fishing,
winds, and rain.

On the other hand, the classifications will further include names of squares, forts, ancient
castles, archaeological sites, local and ancient jewellery, and horse and Arabian camel

names and descriptions. It will also include names of types of palms and date palms,

names of farming and agriculture professions, as well as those inspired by industrial and
artisanal professions and their tools, names of gemstones, and names related to inventions

and modern technology.

The public can contribute by proposing names for roads and streets through the platform
link: https://roadsnaming.ae.

Moreover, the committee has completed naming roads in the Al-Khawaneej 2 area in its
trial phase, which included names inspired by local trees, plants, and flowers, such as Ghaf

Street, Ghaf being one of the most famous types of local trees, which will between the first

and second Al-Khawaneej areas. Additionally, other names of trees were also used for
streets such as Sidr, Reehan, Faghi, Samer, and Shareesh.

The Dubai Road Naming Committee was established by Executive Council Resolution No.

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