Dubai
Americannoun
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an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
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a seaport in and the capital of the emirate of Dubai.
noun
Example Sentences
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Last year, the Treasury Department designated three brothers, Fazlolah, Mansour and Nasser Zarringhalam, of using their network to move billions of dollars in payments for oil through front companies in Dubai and Hong Kong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
But taxes, bureaucracy, and capital controls have kept its financial plumbing offshore where possible, in Singapore, Mauritius, or Dubai.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
The couple previously lived in the country before moving to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
A passenger traveling through Dubai International Airport in the early hours of March 19 described chaotic scenes as a siren went off just before his flight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Here’s a new kind of damage: My dad came to Dubai just a few days later and they told us they were getting a divorce and my dad was already married again.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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