English > gulf: 3 senses > noun 1, object| Meaning | An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger / larger than a bay. |
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| Instances | Gulf of Aden | Arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea |
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| Gulf of Alaska | A gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago |
| Gulf of Antalya | A gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey |
| Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Akaba | A northeastern arm of the Red Sea |
| Gulf of Bothnia | A northern arm of the Baltic Sea |
| Gulf of California, Sea of Cortes | A gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico |
| Gulf of Campeche, Golfo de Campeche, Bay of Campeche | A part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan |
| Gulf of Carpentaria, Carpentaria | A wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia |
| Gulf of Corinth, Gulf of Lepanto | Inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus |
| Gulf of Finland | An eastern arm of the Baltic Sea |
| Gulf of Guinea | A gulf off the southwest coast of Africa |
| Gulf of Martaban | An arm of the Andaman Sea off southern Myanmar |
| Gulf of Mexico, Golfo de Mexico | An arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico |
| Gulf of Ob, Bay of Ob | An inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia |
| Gulf of Oman | An arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf |
| Gulf of Riga | An inlet of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia |
| Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Gulf of St. Lawrence | An arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada |
| Gulf of Sidra | wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya |
| Gulf of Suez | A northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal |
| Gulf of Tehuantepec | An arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico |
| Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Siam | An arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula |
| Gulf of Venice | An arm of the Adriatic Sea |
| Persian Gulf, Arabian Gulf | A shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula |
| Part of | sea | A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land |
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| Broader | body of water, water | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) |
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| Spanish | golfo |
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| Catalan | golf |
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