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  • noun The land area surrounding a dock

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Examples

  • It reminds me of a cross between the city of Durham and some of the dockland areas of Newcastle in the North East of England, where i'm originally from.

    Down to the Bloody White Bone greygirlbeast 2010

  • Scott's picture centres on a 16-year-old schoolboy (played by the director's now almost equally famous brother, Tony) truanting from school for a lyrical cycle ride around the dockland area of the film-maker's native north-east England.

    Britain's best film directors show some early promise Philip French 2010

  • Related Article Within Portugal's Cradle Most of the new cultural areas will be conveniently grouped in La Cité de la Méditerranée, a nearly five-kilometer swathe of seafront that stretches from the 17th-century Saint-Jean Fort, at the northern entrance of the Old Port, to the dockland area of Arenc.

    Marseille's Cultural Renaissance Tobias Grey 2012

  • James has been presiding over News Corp.'s Europe and Asia businesses from the U.K. office in Wapping, a dockland area in East London.

    Younger Murdoch Guards His Spot Jessica E. Vascellaro 2011

  • Covering 157 hectares of former dockland, HafenCity will enlarge Hamburg's inner city by 40%.

    Fighting Back the Waves Vivienne Raper 2011

  • There have been some noticeable changes in the transport system, and of course, the skyscrapers within the city and the dockland area add to the shift to a new era of a modern city, but these changes are not really felt within central London.

    MY London Som Mandal 2010

  • Taking place in 2 sq. miles of former dockland just south of Shanghai's downtown, China's government has spent up to $58 billion sprucing up the city for its new visitors - improving the subway and adding a new terminal to the airport.

    Shanghai World Expo 2010 Pavilion PHOTOS: See The 25 Best 2010

  • Taking place in 2 sq. miles of former dockland just south of Shanghai's downtown, China's government has spent up to $58 billion sprucing up the city for its new visitors - improving the subway and adding a new terminal to the airport.

    Shanghai World Expo 2010 Pavilion PHOTOS: See The 25 Best Nicholas Sabloff 2010

  • It will be up to entrepreneurs to spot the economic opportunities that will come about with expansion -- much in the same way as ways were found to revitalize dockland areas where shipping industry has evaporated away.

    Anthony Giddens: Recession, Climate Change and the Return to Planning 2009

  • From a dockland parish in Govan, Glasgow, he took unemployed skilled craftsmen and young trainee clergy to Iona to rebuild both the monastic quarters of the medieval abbey and the common life by working and living together, sharing skills and effort as well as joys and achievement.

    John Bell of Iona community to give Brown Lectures at First Presbyterian Dallas | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

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