ARABIAN GULF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arabian Gulf mean? 

• ARABIAN GULF (noun)
  The noun ARABIAN GULF has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ARABIAN GULF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARABIAN GULF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Arabian Gulf; Persian Gulf

Instance hypernyms:

gulf (an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay)

Meronyms (parts of "Arabian Gulf"):

Bahrain; Bahrain Island; Bahrein; Bahrein Island (an island in the Persian Gulf)

Holonyms ("Arabian Gulf" is a part of...):

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