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gulf

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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1.  Subject field:

  1. Fishing.    (🏛 Hierarchy:   Fisheries > Fishing )
  1. Mariculture.    (🏛 Hierarchy:   Fisheries > Aquaculture > Mariculture )
  1. Marine navigation.    (🏛 Hierarchy:   Fisheries > Aquatic navigation > Marine navigation )

1.2. IPA transcription and prononciation for gulf: 🔊

BrE /ɡʌlf/ NAmE /ɡʌlf/

1.3.  Etymology of Gulf:

Late Middle English: from Old French golfe, from Italian golfo, based on Greek kolpos ‘bosom, gulf’.

1.4. 🇫🇷 French translation of gulf:

  1. Golfe

1.5. Definition of gulf in fisheries:


Image: Definition of gulf

Gulf: a large area of sea or ocean that is partly surrounded by land - Part of an ocean or see extending into land. A gulf is said to be a large body of water that is surrounded by land and having only a narrow entrance along a strait.

1.6. Plural of gulf:


Gulfs;

2. Notes on gulf

Not to be confused with peninsular


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