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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

It may be that the instigator of a gale lives far away, at the Palm Islands, or on Hinchinbrook, or at Mourilyan.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

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