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Palm Islands

British  

plural noun

  1. a group of three man-made island systems under construction just off the shore in Dubai, each in the shape of a palm tree

"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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He currently lives in Dubai, on the Palm Islands.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2021

Dubai World is famous for building the mix-used real estate project known as the Palm Islands.

From Forbes Nov. 2, 2014

Its limestone, pulverized into aggregate, supplies building projects around the region, such as Dubai’s Palm Islands.

From BusinessWeek Jun. 15, 2012

Like the Palm Islands of Dubai, it’s an entirely inorganic show of oil-derived wealth.

From BusinessWeek Dec. 8, 2011

At daylight of the 16th, we passed outside the Palm Islands at the distance of five miles.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by Phillip Parker King

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