Definition of Gulf of Aden

1. Noun. Arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea.

Generic synonyms: Gulf
Group relationships: Indian Ocean

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulf Of Aden

Gujerat
Gujerati
Gujjar
Gujjars
Gujranwala
Guldberg
Guldberg-Waage law
Guldborgsund
Gulf Arabic
Gulf Coast
Gulf States
Gulf Stream
Gulf War
Gulf War illness
Gulf War syndrome
Gulf of Aden (current term)
Gulf of Aegina
Gulf of Akaba
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of Antalya
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of California
Gulf of Carpenteria
Gulf of Corinth
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Lepanto
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Ob

Literary usage of Gulf of Aden

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1888)
"In the Gulf of Aden the wind is principally easterly, and draws somewhat from the northward in the eastern part. Calms are most frequent between Aden and ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and has created protectorates and zones of influence on the western coast of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aden, and on the Indian Ocean. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... lands which skirt the south-western shores of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden is a region of elevated plateaus from which rise various mountain ranges. ..."

4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"Gulf of Aden :—Aden harbour. 3«. Gulf of Aden :—Aden harbour and approaches. 4«. ... 7 Gulf of Aden:—Aden adjacent baye, Aden anchorage. ..."

5. Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Geographical Society: Containing the by Hugh Robert Mill (1895)
"Map ami sections 1872 Sailing Directions for Dardanelles, Sea of Marmora, Bosphorus, and Black Sea. 4th edition 1893 The Gulf of 'Aden Pilot. ..."

6. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1890)
"to all the coastlands skirting the south side of the Gulf of Aden. ... which also gives access to the inland regions from the head of the Gulf of Aden. ..."

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