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Dubai

American  
[doo-bahy] / duˈbaɪ /

noun

  1. an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.

  2. a seaport in and the capital of the emirate of Dubai.


Dubai British  
/ duːˈbaɪ /

noun

  1. a sheikhdom in the NE United Arab Emirates, consisting principally of the port of Dubai, on the Persian Gulf: oilfields. Pop: 1 026 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The sentences will be served consecutively and backdated to include the timeline from when McGovern was taken into custody in Dubai.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Waymo claims it has around 3,000 driverless taxis spread across a dozen US cities, a similar number to Apollo, whose taxis are deployed in 27 Chinese cities and in Dubai.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Sergey Chemezov, the chief executive at Russia’s giant defense company Rostec, has used the Bombardier jet for trips to Dubai, Turkey and Southeast Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

For years, authorities say, Ghomi used an intermediary in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to smuggle U.S. tech into his home country of Iran, where he is a dual-citizen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

My dad’s hotel in Dubai had a pool surrounded by date trees, under a sun so bright hot and white that it bleached everything.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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