Persian Gulf

English thumb|the Persian Gulf (dark blue) Pronunciation en /ˌpɜːʒən ˈɡʌlf/ UK en /ˌpɝʒən ˈɡʌlf/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-Persian Gulf.wav US Proper noun The Persian gulf en Q34675The gulf between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. en Arabian Gulf used in some Arab countries Gulf of Basra Ottoman-era name en 1994 November 29, 1990 w:Dan Quayle Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir https://archive.org/details/standingfirmvice00quay/ 1st w:HarperCollins 0-06-017758-6 94-4174 246859681 1080674M 253 https://archive.org/details/standingfirmvice00quay/page/253/ 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. en Alayna Treene Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/politics/trump-persian-gulf-change 2025-05-07 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250721163800/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/politics/trump-persian-gulf-change en Eleni Giokos The Strait of Hormuz is about more than just oil. It feeds 100 million people w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/21/business/strait-of-hormuz-food-supply-intl 2026-03-20 Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz carry around 20% of the world’s supply. But for countries on the Persian Gulf, the waterway is more than just an energy route – it’s a lifeline for more than 100 million people. https://web.archive.org/web/20260323040733/https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/21/business/strait-of-hormuz-food-supply-intl Derived terms en Persian Gulf oxide Translations gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula Afrikaans: af Persiese Golf Albanian: sq Gjiri Persik Amharic: am የፋርስ ባህረስላጤ Arabic: ar الْخَلِيج الْعَرَبِيّ m the Arabic gulf, ar الْخَلِيج الْفَارِسِيّ m Hijazi Arabic: acw الخليج العربي m al-ḵalīj al-ʕarabi Aramaic: arc ܒܪܩܩܐ ܦܪܣܝܐ Armenian: hy Պարսից ծոց Asturian: ast golfu Pérsicu m Azerbaijani: az Fars körfəzi, az İran körfəzi Bashkir: ba Фарсы ҡултығы Basque: eu Persiar golkoa Belarusian: be Персі́дскі залі́ў m Bengali: bn পারস্য উপসাগর Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Golpo Persiko Breton: br Pleg-mor Persia m Bulgarian: bg Перси́йски зали́в m Burmese: my ပါရှန်ပင်လယ်ကွေ့ Catalan: ca golf Pèrsic m Chechen: ce ГӀажарийн айма Chinese: Hakka: hak Pô-sṳ̂-vân Mandarin: cmn 波斯灣 Bōsī wān, cmn 海灣 Chuvash: cv Перс кӳлмекӗ Circassian: West Circassian: ady Перс Псыдахь Crimean Tatar: crh Basra körfezi Czech: cs Perský záliv m Danish: da Persiske Bugt Dutch: nl Perzische Golf f Esperanto: eo Persa Golfo Estonian: et Pärsia laht Faroese: fo Persaflógva Finnish: fi Persianlahti French: fr golfe Persique m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Perzyske Golf Galician: gl Golfo Pérsico m Georgian: ka სპარსეთის ყურე German: de Persischer Golf m Greek: el Περσικός Κόλπος m Gujarati: gu ફારસની ખાડી Hebrew: he המפרץ הפרסי m ha-mifráts ha-pársi Hindi: hi फ़ारस की खाड़ी f, hi खाड़ी m Hungarian: hu Perzsa-öböl Icelandic: is Persaflói Ido: io Persiana gulfo Ilocano: ilo Golpo Persiano Indonesian: id Teluk Persia Irish: ga Murascaill na Peirse f Italian: it Golfo Persico m Japanese: ja ペルシア湾 ペルシアわん, Perushia wan, ja ペルシャ湾 ペルシャわん, Perusha wan Javanese: jv Lempongan Pèrsi Kabyle: kab Abagu Afarsi Kannada: kn ಪರ್ಶಿಯನ್ ಕೊಲ್ಲಿ Kazakh: kk Парсы шығанағы Khmer: km ឈូងសមុទ្រពែរ្ស Korean: ko ^페르시아 만 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb کەنداوی فارس Northern Kurdish: kmr Kendava Farsî Kyrgyz: ky Перс булуңу, ky Парс булуңу Lao: lo ອ່າວເປີເຊຍ Latin: la Sinus Persicus m Latvian: lv Persijas līcis m Limburgish: li Perzische Golf Lithuanian: lt Persijos įlanka f Luxembourgish: lb Persesche Golf m Macedonian: mk Пе́рсиски За́лив m Malagasy: mg Hoala Persika Malay: ms Teluk Parsi Malayalam: ml പേർഷ്യൻ ഗൾഫ് Maltese: mt Golf Persjan m Marathi: mr इराणचे आखात, mr पर्शियन आखात Mazanderani: mzn فارس دریامونا fârs daryâmunâ Minangkabau: min Taluak Persia Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Персийн булан Nepali: ne फारसको खाडी Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Persiabukten Nynorsk: nn Persiabukta Occitan: oc Golf Persic m Ossetian: os Персы бакӕлӕн Pashto: ps فارس خلیج Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira خَلیجِ فارْس, fa-ira شاخابِ پارْس, fa-ira دَرْیایِ پارْس Old Persian: peo 𐎭𐎼𐎹 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐎠 draya Pārsā Polish: pl Zatoka Perska f Portuguese: pt Golfo Persa m, pt Golfo Pérsico m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਫ਼ਾਰਸ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ f Romanian: ro Golful Persic n Russian: ru Перси́дский зали́в m Scottish Gaelic: gd Camas Pearsach f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Персијски залив m, sh Перзијски залив m, sh Перзијски заљев m Croatian Latin: sh Persijski zaliv m, sh Perzijski zaliv m, sh Perzijski zaljev m Croatian Sicilian: scn Gulfu Pèrsicu m Slovak: sk Perzský záliv m Slovene: sl Perzijski zaliv m Somali: so Gacanka Faarsiga Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Persiski zalew m Upper Sorbian: hsb Persiski zaliw m Spanish: es golfo Pérsico m Sundanese: su Teluk Pérsia Swahili: sw Ghuba ya Uajemi Swedish: sv Persiska viken Tagalog: tl Golpong Persiko Tajik: tg Халиҷи Форс Tamil: ta பாரசீக வளைகுடா Tatar: tt Фарсы култыгы Telugu: te పర్షియన్ గల్ఫ్ Thai: th อ่าวเปอร์เซีย àao-bpəə-siia Turkish: tr Basra Körfezi Turkmen: tk Pars aýlagy Tyap: kcg A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Parsi Ukrainian: uk Пе́рська зато́ка f Urdu: ur خَلِیجِ فارِس m Uyghur: ug پارس قولتۇقى Uzbek: uz Fors koʻrfazi Vietnamese: vi Vịnh Ba Tư, vi Vịnh Ả Rập, vi Vịnh Péc-xích Welsh: cy Gwlff Persia m See also en Persian Gulf naming dispute Further reading en Bahrain Gulfs Iran Iraq Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates