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Arabian Gulf
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English
en Arabian Gulf (disambiguation)
Proper noun
Arabian gulf 1
en Gulfs en gulf/marginal sea r/Southwest Asia r/Middle East an arm of the ocean/Indian Ocean
en Persian Gulf, the body of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
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/20260221131122/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/politics/trump-persian-gulf-change 21 February 2026
en obsolete or dated en Red Sea, the body of water between Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula.
Related terms
en Arab Arabia Arabian Peninsula Arabian Plate Saudi Arabia Arabian Sea
Translations
body of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula Persian Gulf
body of water between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula Red Sea
Further reading
en Persian Gulf