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Dubai

[ doo-bahy ]

noun

  1. an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
  2. a seaport in and the capital of the emirate of Dubai.


Dubai

/ ːˈɪ /

noun

  1. a sheikhdom in the NE United Arab Emirates, consisting principally of the port of Dubai, on the Persian Gulf: oilfields. Pop: 1 026 000 (2005 est)
“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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The buyer, we are told, is from Dubai.

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Some of the cast and crew couldn’t return, but most did, including Al-Ali, who had fled to Dubai a few days after the regime’s collapse.

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Now living in Dubai, he's still involved in the protest movement, and believes that Hamas' authority is diminished.

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She left Dubai, where she had been living with her partner, to move back in with her family in the UK - and had to lay off most of the companies' staff.

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But now imitations, known by the nickname "Dubai chocolate", have hit UK supermarkets including Waitrose, Lidl and Morrisons, with some supermarkets limiting the number of bars customers are allowed to buy.

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