Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates known for luxury shopping, ultramodern architecture and a lively nightlife scene. Burj Khalifa, an 830m-tall tower, dominates the skyscraper-filled skyline. At its foot lies Dubai Fountain, with jets and lights choreographed to music. On artificial islands just offshore is Atlantis, The Palm, a resort with water and marine-animal parks.

Dubai, too spelled Dubayy, city and capital of the emirate of Dubai, one of the wealthiest of the seven emirates that constitute the alliance of the joined together Middle easterner Emirates, which was made in 1971 taking after freedom from Great Britain. There are a few speculations around the beginning of the title Dubai. One partners it with the daba—a sort of grasshopper that plagues the area—while another holds that it alludes to a showcase that existed close the city. In later a long time Dubai has been compared to Singapore and Hong Kong and is frequently respected as the Center East’s chief entrepôt. Region 13.5 square miles (35 square km). Pop. (2017 est.) 2,919,178.