Persian Gulf
UK/ˌpɜːʒən ˈɡʌlf//ˌpɝʒən ˈɡʌlf/
Persian Gulf proper noun: the gulf between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Proper noun
The Persian Gulf
- The gulf between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
- Today, all the states of the Middle East face a major threat in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Saddam's ambitions are not confined to Kuwait. Rather, his goal is to dominate the Persian Gulf region and use its vast wealth to become the greatest Arab hero of modern times, the leader of a new Arab superpower.1994 [1990 November 29], Dan Quayle, Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir, 1st edition, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 253
- President Donald Trump is making plans for the United States to begin referring to the Persian Gulf as the Gulf of Arabia or the Arabian Gulf, two administration officials familiar with the discussions told CNN.2025 May 7, Alayna Treene, “Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2025
- Synonyms:
- Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Basra
Persian Gulf meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Persian Gulf in Hindi
- gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula
- फ़ारस की खाड़ी fāras kī khāṛī, खाड़ी khāṛī
Persian Gulf in Tamil
- gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula
- பாரசீக வளைகுடா pāracīka vaḷaikuṭā
Persian Gulf in Marathi
- gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula
- इराणचे आखात irāṇce ākhāt, पर्शियन आखात parśiyan ākhāt
Persian Gulf in Urdu
- gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula
- خَلِیجِ فارِس xalīj-i fāris
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- Persian Gulf in Bengali
- পারস্য উপসাগর parosśo upośagor
- Persian Gulf in Telugu
- పర్షియన్ గల్ఫ్ parṣiyan galph
- Persian Gulf in Malayalam
- പേർഷ്യൻ ഗൾഫ് pēṟṣyaṉ gaḷphŭ
- Persian Gulf in Kannada
- ಪರ್ಶಿಯನ್ ಕೊಲ್ಲಿ parśiyan kolli
- Persian Gulf in Punjabi
- ਫ਼ਾਰਸ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ fāras dī khāṛī
- Persian Gulf in Gujarati
- ફારસની ખાડી phārasnī khāḍī
- Persian Gulf in Nepali
- फारसको खाडी phārasko khāḍī
- Persian Gulf in Pashto
- فارس خلیج
- Persian Gulf in Tagalog
- Golpong Persiko
- Persian Gulf in Arabic
- الْخَلِيج الْفَارِسِيّ al-ḵalīj al-fārisiyy
- Persian Gulf in Malay
- Teluk Parsi
- Persian Gulf in Indonesian
- Teluk Persia
- Persian Gulf in Thai
- อ่าวเปอร์เซีย àao-bpəə-siia
- Persian Gulf in Vietnamese
- Vịnh Ba Tư, Vịnh Ả Rập, Vịnh Péc-xích
- Persian Gulf in Myanmar
- ပါရှန်ပင်လယ်ကွေ့ pahranpanglai-kwe.
Synonyms of Persian Gulf
Words formed from Persian Gulf
Questions about Persian Gulf
- What does Persian Gulf mean?
- Persian Gulf means the gulf between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
- What is Persian Gulf in Hindi?
- Persian Gulf in Hindi is फ़ारस की खाड़ी (fāras kī khāṛī), खाड़ी (khāṛī). See Persian Gulf meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Persian Gulf?
- Persian Gulf is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Persian Gulf?
- Persian Gulf is pronounced /ˌpɜːʒən ˈɡʌlf/ (UK).
Words near Persian Gulf in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Persian Gulf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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