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Definition of Persian gulf

1. Noun. A shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world.

Definition of Persian gulf

1. Proper noun. A gulf between modern day Iran and the Arabian Peninsula; known as '''The Persian Gulf'''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Persian Gulf

Literary usage of Persian gulf

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

1. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"Baker, MS, and Strunk, HK, "Medical Aspects of persian gulf Operations: Serious Infectious and Communicable Diseases of the persian gulf and Saudi Arabian ..."

2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"... oí the persian gulf and North Arabian Sea, with description of C. calliope, ... persian gulf, Gulf of Oman, and N'orth Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. FW ..."

3. Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents (1993)
"Veterans who served on active duty for 90 days or more during the persian gulf War are included in this category. Veterans must apply to VA for care for the ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1890)
"PROCEEDINGS OF THB KO Y AL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIET^E AND MONTHLY RECORD OF GEOGRAPHY. The Bahrein Islands, in the persian gulf. By J. THEODORE BENT. ..."

5. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1871)
"... m the persian gulf. AT p. iii of the Introduction I assumed that the island ... near the mouth of the persian gulf, with tho much smaller Kais or Kish, ..."

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