1. 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; [syn: Persian Gulf, Arabian Gulf]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Persian Gulf
n 1: 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 [syn: Persian Gulf,
Arabian Gulf]