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    PERSIAN GULF

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 worldplay

    Synonyms:

    Arabian Gulf; Persian Gulf

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Instance hypernyms:

    gulf (an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay)

    Meronyms (parts of "Persian Gulf"):

    Bahrain; Bahrain Island; Bahrein; Bahrein Island (an island in the Persian Gulf)

    Holonyms ("Persian Gulf" is a part of...):

    Arabian Sea (a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia)

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