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ARABIAN SEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)
Meronyms (parts of "Arabian Sea"):
Gulf of Oman (an arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf)
Arabian Gulf; Persian Gulf (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)
Strait of Hormuz; Strait of Ormuz (a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman)
Holonyms ("Arabian Sea" is a part of...):
Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)
