Persian Gulf
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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.
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Persian Gulf
n
(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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Per′sian Gulf′
n.
an arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Arabia. 600 mi. (965 km) long.
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Translations
Persianlahti
Golfo Persa
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