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Persian Gulf also Arabian Gulf

An arm of the Arabian Sea between the Arabian Peninsula and southwest Iran. It has been an important trade route since ancient times and gained added strategic significance after the discovery of oil in the Gulf States in the 1930s.

Persian Gulf

(Placename) a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia: linked with the Arabian Sea by the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman; important for the oilfields on its shores. Area: 233 000 sq. km (90 000 sq. miles)

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Persian Gulf - a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world

Arabian Gulf

Bahrain, Bahrain Island, Bahrein, Bahrein Island - an island in the Persian Gulf

Arabian Sea - a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia

Translations

Persian Gulf n → Golfo Persico

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Persian Gulf (redirected from Islamic Gulf)

Persian Gulf
(redirected from Islamic Gulf)