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Dubai Basketball

Dubai Basketball (Dubai BC) is a professional basketball club founded in 2023, based at Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai. It joined the ABA League in 2024-25, entered the EuroLeague in 2025-26 on a five-year wildcard, and won the 2025/26 ABA title.

Dubai Bling

Dubai Bling (دبي Bling) is a Netflix Arabic reality docusoap following wealthy Dubai socialites, premiered 27 October 2022; three seasons plus a confirmed 2026 Season 4 and the spin-off Desi Bling, produced by Different Productions.

Oct 20, 2026

Dubai Butterfly Garden

Dubai Butterfly Garden, opened March 24, 2015 in Al Barsha South, Dubailand, is billed as the world's largest covered butterfly garden: over 15,000 butterflies of 50-plus species in ten climate-controlled domes at 24°C, beside Dubai Miracle Garden, open daily 9 AM–6 PM.

Dubai chocolate

Dubai chocolate: pistachio-cream, tahini, and kataifi-filled chocolate bar created in 2021 by Fix Dessert Chocolatier (Sarah Hamouda), viral via Maria Vehera's December 2023 TikTok; drove a global pistachio demand surge and countless imitations.

Dubai Creek Tower

Dubai Creek Tower (برج خور دبي) is a planned observation tower at Dubai Creek Harbour, Dubai, designed by Santiago Calatrava to surpass the Burj Khalifa before its 2020 suspension.

Dubai Crocodile Park

Dubai Crocodile Park, a wildlife attraction on Tripoli Street in Mushrif, Dubai, opened April 18, 2023 as the Middle East's first crocodile conservation facility, housing 250 Nile crocodiles across 20,000 square metres with a museum, aquarium, and 95 AED adult tickets.

Oct 15, 2026

Dubai Crude

Dubai Crude is a medium sour crude oil produced in Dubai whose Platts price assessment is the main benchmark for pricing Middle East Gulf crude exported to Asia.

Dubai Dolphinarium

Dubai Dolphinarium, an indoor dolphin and seal show venue in Dubai Creek Park opened May 2008; first fully air-conditioned indoor dolphinarium in the Middle East, 1,250 seats, six bottlenose dolphins, Global Humane Certified.

Oct 15, 2026

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA; Arabic: هيئة كهرباء ومياه دبي) is the government-owned utility that is Dubai's exclusive provider of electricity and water, created in 1992.

Dubai Financial Market

The Dubai Financial Market is the securities exchange of Dubai, opened in 2000 and the first Shari'a-compliant exchange globally; the Government of Dubai owns about 80 percent through Borse Dubai.

Dubai Frame

Dubai Frame is a 150-metre golden rectangular landmark in Zabeel Park, Dubai, opened January 2018 from Fernando Donis's winning 2008 competition design, with a 93-metre glass-floored sky gallery and an unresolved copyright dispute.

Dubai Garden Glow

Dubai Garden Glow, also called Glow Garden, is a seasonal glow-in-the-dark theme park in Dubai's Zabeel Park. Opened 2015, famed for 10 million LED lights and animatronic dinosaurs, it closed in 2025 and reopened in 2026 near Dubai Frame with Fantasy Park and Dinosaur Park.

Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) is a derivatives exchange in Dubai, owned by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, that began trading in November 2005.

Dubai Holding (DH)

Dubai Holding is a Dubai government-owned investment and holding conglomerate established in October 2004, operating hospitality, real estate, free-zone, entertainment, and telecom assets, with Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum as chairman.

Dubai International Airport (مطار دبي الدولي)

Dubai International Airport (مطار دبي الدولي) is the primary airport of Dubai and the world's busiest for international passengers since 2014, serving as the home hub of Emirates.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City, UAE, opened 2009, 25,000 seats, 'ring of fire' roof lights; slow, low pitch hosting T20 World Cup, Asia Cup, and IPL finals.

Dubai International Financial Centre (مركز دبي المالي العالمي)

The Dubai International Financial Centre (مركز دبي المالي العالمي) is a financial free zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, created in 2004 with its own regulator and English common law courts.

Dubai Islamic Bank

Dubai Islamic Bank (بنك دبي الإسلامي) is a full-service Islamic bank incorporated in 1975 in the UAE, the country's largest, with over USD 94 billion in assets.

Dubai Marina

Dubai Marina is an Emaar-developed waterfront district in Dubai, UAE, built around a 3.5 sq km man-made marina, launched in 2000, with 4,981 Emaar apartments, the Marina Walk promenade, two metro stations, and the Dubai Tram.

Dubai Metro (مترو دبي)

Dubai Metro, or مترو دبي, is a fully automated, driverless rapid transit network in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, opened in 2009 and operated by the Roads and Transport Authority.

Dubai Miracle Garden (حديقة الزهور بدبي)

Dubai Miracle Garden (حديقة الزهور بدبي), opened February 14, 2013 in Dubailand, is the world's largest natural flower garden: 72,000 sqm, 150+ million flowers, seasonal October–May operation, and a record-setting floral Emirates A380.

Dubai Opera (دبي أوبرا)

Dubai Opera (دبي أوبرا) is Emaar's 2,000-seat dhow-shaped performing arts venue in Downtown Dubai, opened 31 August 2016, with a transforming auditorium (theatre, concert hall, flat floor) and over 1.5 million visitors since opening.

Dubai Police Force (قوة شرطة دبي)

Dubai Police (قوة شرطة دبي) is the emirate of Dubai's law enforcement agency, founded 1 June 1956 with 29 officers, now tens of thousands strong, led by Commander-in-Chief Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri and known for 33 human-free Smart Police Stations.

Dubai World Cup (كأس دبي العالمي)

Dubai World Cup (كأس دبي العالمي): Group 1 dirt race over 2,000 m at Meydan Racecourse, Dubai, run since 1996 (first at Nad Al Sheba, won by Cigar); $12 million purse within a $30.5 million nine-race card; 2026 winner Magnitude.

Sep 19, 2026

Dubai World Trade Centre

The Dubai World Trade Centre is an exhibition and events complex on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, anchored by the 39-storey Sheikh Rashid Tower opened in 1979.

Dubawnt

Dubawnt: a large lake (about 3,600-3,800 km2) and its 933 km river in Keewatin, Nunavut-Northwest Territories, Canada; the river is the main tributary of the Thelon, first recorded by Samuel Hearne in 1770 and explored by Joseph Tyrrell in 1893.

Dubbing

Dubbing (also called postsynchronization or ADR) is the audiovisual translation mode that replaces a film or show's original dialogue with a lip-synchronized target-language recording, unlike subtitling; covers its history, synchrony constraints, reception research, and AI dubbing.