Gulf

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A gulf is a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea.

Geographic locales

• Gulf of Mexico, large body of water adjacent to the United States and Mexico
  • Gulf Coast of the United States
• Persian Gulf, body of water between Iran (also known as Persia) and the Arabian Peninsula
  • "Gulf countries" or "The Gulf", terms for Arab states of the Persian Gulf
• In Australia:
  • Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia
    • Gulf Country, the region surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria
• In Canada:
  • Gulf of Saint Lawrence, outlet of the St. Lawrence River and the North American Great Lakes
  • Gulf Islands, in the Strait of Georgia
  • Gulf Shore, Nova Scotia, community in Cumberland County
• In Mexico:
  • Gulf of California, body of water separating Baja California from the rest of Mexico
• In New Zealand:
  • Gulf Harbour, a development on Whangaparaoa Peninsula near Auckland
  • Hauraki Gulf, body of water in the North Island of New Zealand
• In Papua New Guinea:
  • Gulf Province
• In the Philippines:
  • Silicon Gulf, a nickname for Davao City and region in southern Mindanao
• In the United States:
  • Great Gulf, a glacial cirque located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
  • Gulf, California, unincorporated place
  • Gulf City, Florida, town site in Hillsborough County
  • Gulf County, Florida
  • Gulf Harbors, Florida, an unincorporated urban community in western Pasco County
  • Gulf, North Carolina, census-designated place

Organizations

• Gulf Air, the principal flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain
• Gulf FM (disambiguation), various radio stations
• Gulf Oil, oil company
• Gulf Power Company, American investor-owned electric utility
• Gulf and Western Industries, American conglomerate
• Global University Leaders Forum, an organization within World Economic Forum

Other

• Gulf (novella), by Robert A. Heinlein (1949)
• The Gulf (play), 2010/2015 play by Audrey Cefaly
• The Gulf Freeway, Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas, United States
• Gulf High School (Florida), a four-year public high school in New Port Richey
• Gulf house, a type of farmhouse that emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries in North Germany
• Gulf of evaluation, the degree to which the system/artifact provides representations that can be directly perceived and interpreted in terms of the expectations and intentions of the user in computer sciences
• Gulf of execution, a term usually used in human computer interaction to describe the gap between a user's goal for action and the means to execute that goal
• Gulf Stream, a maritime current
• Gulf War (1990–91)
• JWA Gulf, the Gulf Oil-sponsored 1960s and 1970s motorracing team of John Wyer

Related disambiguation pages

• Grand Gulf (disambiguation)
• Gulf Building (disambiguation)
• Gulf Cup (disambiguation)
• Gulf states (disambiguation)
• Gulf University (disambiguation)