GULF OF OMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf of Oman mean? 

• GULF OF OMAN (noun)
  The noun GULF OF OMAN has 1 sense:

1. an arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF OF OMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

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

 Context examples 

A country in the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates.

(Oman, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)