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FredYellowYellow t1_issgkqu wrote

Reply to comment by kree8or in TIL the Empire State Building opened during the Depression, and took 20 years to become profitable. by licking-windows

Yes. IIRC Burj Khalifa is called Khalifa because Dubai-authority had to get/loan money from Abu Dhabi authority.

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LikeEpisodeVIThemost t1_issnohd wrote

Was really hoping for a more pronographic end to this comment

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Foreign-Complaint130 t1_issqp6y wrote

Fwiw, Khalifa means successor or heir in Arabic. Hence it's a pretty common name. It's also what a Caliphate/Caliph is named for: they're the successor to the Prophet. Very common Arabic name for that reason

Hence, an American former adult performer of Lebanese extraction having it as a last name

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gonzo5622 t1_isstlr5 wrote

“California” is also derived from the word “Caliph”.

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samillos t1_isv3jtm wrote

It was originally going to be called tower of Dubai but Abu Dhabi didn't accept that name as they paid for it too

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