| Aden |
a gulf extending from the Arabian Sea between Yemen and Somalia; Gulf of Aden. [1/2 definitions] |
| Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca |
a Spanish explorer who, after landing on the cape of Florida in 1528 and being stranded in the Gulf coast region for 8 years, published an account of his survival and interaction with the native peoples under the title "La relación" (1542) (b.1490?--d.1557?). |
| Arabia |
a Southwest Asian peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. |
| Arabian Peninsula |
a peninsula in western Asia that lies between the Red Sea to the west and the Persian Gulf to the northeast. The Indian Ocean borders the Arabian Peninsula on the southeast. Countries located on the peninsula include Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. |
| Assyria |
an ancient empire in Southwest Asia between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean, with an extension into Egypt. |
| Babylonia |
an ancient empire of about 2800-700 B.C. in southwestern Asia at the head of the Persian Gulf. |
| Bahrain |
an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bohai Sea |
a gulf on the northeast coast of China that is part of the Yellow Sea. |
| Creole |
a person of European descent, esp. French or Spanish, born in Central or South America, the West Indies, or the United States Gulf region. [1/6 definitions] |
| Djibouti |
an East African country on the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. [1/2 definitions] |
| Euphrates River |
a river that flows from eastern Turkey through Syria and Iraq. In southeastern Iraq, it joins the Tigris River and finally empties with it into the Persian Gulf. |
| gulfweed |
any of a variety of brown seaweeds found in the Gulf Stream and Caribbean, bearing spherical air bladders. |
| Halong Bay |
a body of water in the Gulf of Tonkin along the coast of northern Vietnam that is densely clustered with vegetation-covered, monolithic islands, many of which have caves. |
| Iran |
a Middle Eastern country between Turkmenistan, the Caspian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. |
| Kuwait |
a Middle Eastern country at the northern end of the Persian Gulf. |
| Louisiana Purchase |
the treaty of 1803 in which the United States purchased from France the territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada, or the territory itself. |
| Mexico |
Gulf of Mexico, an extension of the Atlantic bordered by Mexico, the United States, and Cuba. [1/2 definitions] |
| Mississippi |
a U.S. state on the Gulf of Mexico between Alabama and Louisiana. (abbr.: MS) [2 definitions] |
| Mississippi River |
a river that flows from Minnesota south through the Midwest, along the border between Mississippi and Louisiana, and into the Gulf of Mexico. |
| MS1 |
abbreviation of "Mississippi," a U.S. state on the Gulf of Mexico between Alabama and Louisiana. |
| Qatar |
a Middle Eastern country in eastern Arabia on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf. |