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PERSIAN GULF
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
Arabian Gulf; 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)
Meronyms (parts of "Persian Gulf"):
Bahrain; Bahrain Island; Bahrein; Bahrein Island (an island in the Persian Gulf)
Holonyms ("Persian Gulf" is a part of...):
Arabian Sea (a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia)
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