- Persian Gulf
- geographical name arm of Arabian Sea between SW Iran & Arabia
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Persian Gulf
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Persian Gulf — the Persian Gulf also the Arabian Gulf , the Gulf a part of the Indian Ocean between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula … Dictionary of contemporary English
Persian Gulf — arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran & Arabia: c. 90,000 sq mi (233,099 sq km) … English World dictionary
Persian Gulf — Khaleej redirects here. For other uses, see Khaleej (disambiguation). Persian Gulf … Wikipedia
Persian Gulf — an arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Arabia. 600 mi. (965 km) long. Also called Arabian Gulf. * * * Arm of the Arabian Sea. It is 550 mi (885 km) long and has an average depth of 328 ft (100 m). It is connected with the Gulf of Oman and … Universalium
Persian Gulf — The large inland sea or bay situated between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. The Persian Gulf, which is about 620 miles (1,000 km) long and averages 230 miles (370 km) in width, connects with the Gulf of Oman via the Strait of Hormuz in the… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
Persian Gulf — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Arabian Gulf • Instance Hypernyms: ↑gulf • Part Holonyms: ↑Arabian Sea • Part Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Persian Gulf — noun A gulf between modern day Iran and the Arabian Peninsula; known as The Persian Gulf … Wiktionary
Persian Gulf — ♦♦♦ N PROPER: usu the N The Persian Gulf is the area of sea between Saudi Arabia and Iran … English dictionary
Persian Gulf — The countries that surround the Persian Gulf are: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. See http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/pgulf.html for more information. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information… … Energy terms
Persian Gulf War (disambiguation) — Persian Gulf War may refer to: * Iran–Iraq War (1980 ndash;1988), also known as the Persian Gulf War or the First Gulf War . (Before the 1991 war, this was also known simply as the Gulf War ) * Gulf War (1991), also known as the Persian Gulf War … Wikipedia
Persian Gulf, the — noun the area of ocean between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Persian Gulf is often simply called the Gulf … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
