The World
The World Islands are an archipelago of small artificial islands constructed in the shape of a world map, located in the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Artificial island
- Description: artificial archipelago of various small islands
- Also known as: “World Islands”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim.
Jumeirah
Photo: Michiel2005, CC BY 2.0.
Within Jumeirah you'll find most of the tourist attractions that modern Dubai has to offer. Nonetheless the majority of its territory consists of residential and commercial areas.
Umm Suqeim
Suburb
Umm Suqeim is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Umm Suqeim is located in western Dubai, along the Jumeirah Beach coastline. It is bordered to the north by Jumeirah, to the south by Al Sufouh, and to the west by Al Safa, Al Manara and Umm Al Sheif. Umm Suqeim is situated 8 km southeast of The World.
Al Safa
Suburb
Al Safa is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Al Safa is located in western Dubai and is bordered to the north by Jumeirah, to the south by Al Quoz, to the east by Al Wasl, and to the west by Al Manara. Al Safa is situated 9 km southeast of The World.
The World
- Categories: artificial archipelago and landform
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“The World” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر العالم”
- Asturian: “The World”
- Azerbaijani: “Dünya adaları”
- Basque: “The World”
- Bengali: “The World Islands (Dubai)”
- Bengali: “جزر العالم”
- Bengali: “জুজুর আল-আলাম”
- Bengali: “দ্য ওয়ার্ল্ড দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Bengali: “দ্য ওয়ার্ল্ড(দ্বীপমালা)”
- Bengali: “দ্য ওয়ার্ল্ড”
- Bulgarian: “Светът”
- Catalan: “El Mon”
- Catalan: “El Món”
- Catalan: “The World”
- Cebuano: “The World”
- Chinese: “世界群岛”
- Chinese: “世界群島”
- Czech: “Souostroví Svět”
- Czech: “Souostroví The World”
- Czech: “The World”
- Dutch: “The World”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزر العالم”
- Esperanto: “La Mondo”
- Finnish: “The World”
- French: “Iles du Monde”
- French: “Iles World”
- French: “Le Monde”
- French: “The World”
- Georgian: “მსოფლიოს კუნძულები”
- German: “The World Dubai”
- German: “The World”
- Hebrew: “דה וורלד”
- Hebrew: “העולם”
- Hungarian: “Világ-szigetek”
- Indonesian: “The World Islands”
- Indonesian: “The World”
- Italian: “The World”
- Italian: “World Islands”
- Japanese: “The World”
- Korean: “더 월드”
- Lithuanian: “Pasaulis”
- Malagasy: “The World (tangoro-nosy)”
- Malagasy: “The World”
- Malay: “The World”
- Malayalam: “ദി വേൾഡ്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The World”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “The World”
- Norwegian: “The World”
- Persian: “جزایر جهان”
- Persian: “جزیره جهان”
- Persian: “جزیرهٔ جهان”
- Persian: “جهان”
- Polish: “The World”
- Portuguese: “The World”
- Romanian: “Lumea”
- Russian: “The World”
- Russian: “Мир”
- Slovak: “Džuzur al-Álam”
- Spanish: “Islas World”
- Spanish: “The Word (archipielago)”
- Spanish: “The Word (archipiélago)”
- Spanish: “The World”
- Swedish: “The World”
- Swedish: “Världen”
- Swedish: “World Islands”
- Tamil: “உலகம்”
- Thai: “เดอะเวิลด์”
- Turkish: “Dünya Yapay Takımadaları”
- Ukrainian: “The World”
- Urdu: “جزائر دنیا”
- Urdu: “جزائر عالم”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Thế Giới”
- Western Panjabi: “جزائر عالم”
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