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Gulf
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gulf
English
Proper noun
the gulf
The Persian Gulf, or the region surrounding it.
en Gulf States
en Gulf War
en Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati Trump is visiting three of the world’s richest nations. Here’s what’s on their wish list w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/11/middleeast/trump-visit-gulf-arab-states-saudi-uae-qatar-intl 2025-05-11 Behind this carefully crafted strategy of wooing Trump is a desire from Gulf states to solidify and formalize their positions as the US’ indispensable security and economic partners, and extract as much benefit for themselves as they can. https://web.archive.org/web/20260329025949/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/11/middleeast/trump-visit-gulf-arab-states-saudi-uae-qatar-intl 29 March 2026
The Gulf of Mexico, or the region surrounding it.
en Gulf States
en Gulf Stream
en The term "newground" (aka 'new land') is mainly found in the Central and South Atlantic and the Gulf states.
en geology An epoch constituting a subdivision of the Cretaceous.
en Gulfian
Derived terms
en policeman of the Gulf Gulf flounder Gulf menhaden Gulf of Paria Gulf rupee
Translations
Arabic: ar الْخَلِيج m
French: fr Golfe m
en Gulfs