Meanings
nounJumeirah Jane (plural Jumeirah Janes)
plural Jumeirah Janes · alternative Jumeira Jane
- informalThe stereotypical idle, pampered wife of a wealthy Western expatriate in Dubai.
Tight quickly became a 'Jumeirah Jane'—a sobriquet used as a caricature for non-working foreign women who live in Jumeirah, a posh part of the city, and spent their time driving kids to and from schools, shopping or meeting one another for lunch.
2011, Pranay Gupte, Dubai: The Making of a Megapolis, Penguin Books India, →ISBN, page 344
Cite this entry
APA
Jumeirah Jane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jumeirah%20Jane
MLA
“Jumeirah Jane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jumeirah%20Jane. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jumeirah Jane,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jumeirah%20Jane.
Source: Jumeirah Jane on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.