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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

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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

We passed the Palm Islands early in the forenoon.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

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