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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Example Sentences

The name of the hotel is W Dubai - The Palm, not the Palm Islands of Dubai.

From New York Times

Meanwhile, Dubai’s Palm Islands were built to increase the amount of premium waterfront land available, elevating the city’s tourism economy to attract luxury hotels and resorts, and the very wealthy.

From The Guardian

This would make such a project similar to the amount of material excavated to form Dubai’s Palm Islands, which took 0.3 cubic km of sand and rock, or the Suez canal, which required the excavation of roughly one cubic km.

From The Guardian

From above, the designers’ illustrations for the Great Garuda project are redolent of the artificial Palm islands off the shore of Dubai.

From The Guardian

When I was a correspondent in Dubai I covered the opening of Palm Islands and I was meant to interview Kylie.

From BBC