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arabian gulf - 4 dictionary results

Persian Gulf

–noun
an arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Arabia. 600 mi. (965 km) long.
Also called Arabian Gulf.
Arabian Gulf  
See Persian Gulf.
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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