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Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf is located in the between Iran and the . It is an extension of the Indian Ocean. The narrows at its mouth is the Straits of Hormuz, a strategically important area in various conflicts.
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  • Type: sea
  • Description: extension of the Indian Ocean
  • Also known as: “Al-Farsi Gulf”, “Arabian Gulf”, “Gulf of Iran”, and “The Gulf”

Persian Gulf

Latitude of center
26° north
Longitude of center
52° east
Wiki­data ID
Q34675
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In Other Languages

From Adyghe to Yue Chinese—“Persian Gulf” goes by many names.
  • Adyghe: “Перс Псыдахь”
  • Afrikaans: “Persiese Golf”
  • Albanian: “Gjiri Persik”
  • Albanian: “Gjirin Persik”
  • Amharic: “የፋርስ ባህረስላጤ”
  • Arabic: “الخليج العربي”
  • Arabic: “الخليج الفارسي”
  • Arabic: “بحر العجم”
  • Arabic: “بحر فارس”
  • Arabic: “خليج البصرة”
  • Arabic: “خليج القطيف”
  • Arabic: “خليج فارس”
  • Armenian: “Պարսից ծոց”
  • Asturian: “Golfu Pérsicu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ərəb körfəzi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fars körfəzi”
  • Azerbaijani: “İran körfəzi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Neft körfəzi”
  • Balinese: “Celukan Persia”
  • Bashkir: “Фарсы ҡултығы”
  • Basque: “Golko pertsikoa”
  • Basque: “Persiako golko”
  • Basque: “Persiako golkoa”
  • Basque: “Persiar golkoa”
  • Basque: “Pertsiar Golko”
  • Basque: “Pertsiar golkoa”
  • Belarusian: “Персідскі заліў”
  • Belarusian: “Пэрсыдзкая затока”
  • Belarusian: “Пэрсыдзкі заліў”
  • Bengali: “পারস্য উপসাগর”
  • Bhojpuri: “फारस के खाड़ी”
  • Bosnian: “Arapski zaliv”
  • Bosnian: “Persijski zaliv”
  • Bosnian: “Perzijski zaliv”
  • Bosnian: “Perzijski zaljev”
  • Bosnian: “Perzijsko more”
  • Breton: “Pleg-mor arab-ha-pers”
  • Breton: “Pleg-mor pers hag arab”
  • Breton: “Pleg-mor Pers”
  • Breton: “Pleg-mor Persia”
  • Bulgarian: “Арабски залив”
  • Bulgarian: “Персийски залив”
  • Bulgarian: “Персийския залив”
  • Catalan: “Bahr Faris”
  • Catalan: “golf Pèrsic”
  • Catalan: “Golf Pèrsic”
  • Cebuano: “Golfong Persiko”
  • Cebuano: “Golfong Persiyanhon”
  • Central Bikol: “Golpo Persiko”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەنداوی عەرەبی”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەنداوی فارس”
  • Chechen: “ГӀажарийн айма”
  • Chinese: “Pho-su-oan”
  • Chinese: “波斯湾”
  • Chinese: “波斯灣”
  • Chinese: “海湾地区”
  • Chinese: “阿拉伯湾”
  • Chuvash: “Перс кӳлмекĕ”
  • Chuvash: “Перси пырĕ”
  • Croatian: “Arapski zaljev”
  • Croatian: “Perzijski zaljev”
  • Czech: “Perský záliv”
  • Danish: “Arabiske Bugt”
  • Danish: “Den Persiske Bugt”
  • Danish: “Den Persiske Golf”
  • Danish: “Den persiske gulf”
  • Danish: “Den persiske havbugt”
  • Danish: “Persiske Bugt”
  • Danish: “Persiske golf”
  • Danish: “Persiske gulf”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Korfezê Farsi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Xelicê Farsi”
  • Dutch: “Arabische Golf”
  • Dutch: “Persische Golf”
  • Dutch: “Perzische Golf”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الخليج الفارسى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الخليج الفارسي”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الخلیج الفارسی”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خليج البصرة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خليج البصره”
  • Erzya: “Персиянь ведьуло”
  • Esperanto: “Araba Golfo”
  • Esperanto: “Araba-persa golfo”
  • Esperanto: “Persa Golfo”
  • Estonian: “Pärsia laht”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Persian Khaarri”
  • Finnish: “Arabianlahti”
  • Finnish: “Persianlahti”
  • French: “Golfe de l’Iran”
  • French: “golfe Persique”
  • French: “Golfe Persique”
  • Galician: “Golfo Pérsico”
  • Galician: “Pérsico”
  • Georgian: “სპარსეთის ყურე”
  • German: “Arabisch-Persischer Golf”
  • German: “Golf von Iran”
  • German: “Golfregion”
  • German: “Persischer Golf”
  • Gilaki: “خلیج فارس”
  • Gilaki: “فارس ٚ خليج”
  • Greek: “Αραβικός Κόλπος”
  • Greek: “Περσικός Κόλπος”
  • Guarani: “Parapyte Péysia pegua”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pô-sṳ̂-vân”
  • Hebrew: “המפרץ הערבי”
  • Hebrew: “המפרץ הפרסי”
  • Hindi: “फारस की खाड़ी”
  • Hindi: “फ़ारस की खाड़ी”
  • Hungarian: “Arab-öböl”
  • Hungarian: “Perzsa-öböl”
  • Icelandic: “Persaflói”
  • Ido: “Gulfo Persia”
  • Ido: “Persiana gulfo”
  • Iloko: “Golpo Arabiano”
  • Iloko: “Golpo Persiano”
  • Iloko: “Golpo ti Iran”
  • Inari Sami: “Persialuohtâ”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Persia”
  • Irish: “Murascaill na Peirse”
  • Italian: “Golfo arabico”
  • Italian: “Golfo Persico”
  • Japanese: “アラビア湾”
  • Japanese: “ペルシア湾”
  • Japanese: “ペルシャ湾”
  • Javanese: “Lempongan Pèrsi”
  • Javanese: “Teluk Persia”
  • Kabyle: “Abagu Afarsi”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къаджар богъаз”
  • Kazakh: “Парсы шығанағы”
  • Khmer: “ឈូងសមុទ្រពែរ្ស”
  • Kirghiz: “Парс булуңу”
  • Kirghiz: “Перс булуңу”
  • Komering: “Teluk Persia”
  • Komering: “Toluk Parsiya”
  • Korean: “걸프 만”
  • Korean: “걸프만”
  • Korean: “아라비아 만”
  • Korean: “페르샤 만”
  • Korean: “페르샤만”
  • Korean: “페르시아만”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava Basra”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava Basrayê”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava Farisî”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava fars”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava Farsê”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava Pers”
  • Kurdish: “Kendawa fars”
  • Lao: “ອ່າວເປີເຊຍ”
  • Latin: “Sinus Persicus”
  • Latvian: “Arābu līcis”
  • Latvian: “Persijas jūras līcis”
  • Latvian: “Persijas līcis”
  • Limburgan: “Perzische Golf”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Golfo Persian”
  • Lithuanian: “Arabijos įlanka”
  • Lithuanian: “Persijos įlanka”
  • Lithuanian: “Persų įlanka”
  • Low German: “Persische Gulf”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Persiski golf”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Persiski zalew”
  • Luxembourgish: “Persesche Golf”
  • Macedonian: “Персиски Залив”
  • Malagasy: “Helodrano persika”
  • Malagasy: “Hoala Persika”
  • Malay: “Teluk Parsi”
  • Malayalam: “Persian Gulf”
  • Malayalam: “ഗൾഫ്”
  • Malayalam: “പേർഷ്യൻ കടലിടുക്ക്”
  • Malayalam: “പേർഷ്യൻ ഗൾഫ്”
  • Marathi: “अरबी आखात”
  • Marathi: “इराणचा अखात”
  • Marathi: “इराणचा आखात”
  • Marathi: “इराणचे आखात”
  • Marathi: “इराणाचे आखात”
  • Marathi: “पर्शियन अखात”
  • Marathi: “पर्शियन आखात”
  • Mazanderani: “خليج فارس”
  • Mazanderani: “خلیج فارس”
  • Mazanderani: “فارس خليج”
  • Mazanderani: “فارس دریامونا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Persia-oan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pho-su Oan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pho-su-oan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “波斯灣”
  • Minangkabau: “Taluak Persia”
  • Mingrelian: “სპარსეთიშ ჸუჯი”
  • Mongolian: “Арабын булан”
  • Mongolian: “Персийн булан”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لخليج”
  • Nepali: “पर्सियन खाडी”
  • Nepali: “फारसको खाडी”
  • Newari: “फारसया खाडी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Golf faan Persien”
  • Northern Sami: “Persialuokta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den arabiske golf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den arabiske gulf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den persiske bukt”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den persiske golf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den persiske gulf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den persiske gulfen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Persiabukta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Persiabukten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Persiagolfen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Persiagulfen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Persiske bukt”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Persiske golf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Persiske gulf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Persiske gulfen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den persiske bukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Persiabukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Persiagolfen”
  • Norwegian: “Persiabukten”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Golf Persic”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܪܩܩܐ ܕܐܝܪܐܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܪܩܩܐ ܕܦܪܣ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܪܩܩܐ ܥܪܒܝܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܪܩܩܐ ܦܪܣܝܐ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Persisc Sǣ”
  • Ossetian: “Араббы бакæлæн”
  • Ossetian: “Персайнаг бакæлæн”
  • Ossetian: “Персы бакæлæн”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ਾਰਸ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ਾਰਸੀ ਖਾੜੀ”
  • Papiamento: “Golfo Persico”
  • Papiamento: “Golfo Pèrsiko”
  • Persian: “بحر فارس”
  • Persian: “خلیج پارس”
  • Persian: “خلیج فارس”
  • Persian: “خلیج فارسی”
  • Persian: “خلیج‌فارس”
  • Persian: “دریای پارس”
  • Persian: “دریای فارس”
  • Persian: “شاخاب پارس”
  • Persian: “کنداب پارس”
  • Polish: “Al-Chalidż al-Arabi”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Arabska”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Perska”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo Arábico”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo do Irã”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo Pérsico”
  • Pushto: “پارس خليج”
  • Pushto: “پارس سمندرګی”
  • Pushto: “د عربو خليج”
  • Pushto: “د فارس خلیج”
  • Pushto: “عربو خليج”
  • Pushto: “عربي خلیج”
  • Romanian: “Golful Persic”
  • Romanian: “Golfului Persic”
  • Russian: “Арабский залив”
  • Russian: “Аравийский залив”
  • Russian: “Персидский залив”
  • Rusyn: “Персийскый залив”
  • Scots: “Persie Gulf”
  • Serbian: “Персијски залив”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Persijski zaliv”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Perzijski zaliv”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Perzijski zaljev”
  • Shona: “Gahwi re Perusiya”
  • Sicilian: “Golfu di Persia”
  • Sicilian: “Golfu Persicu”
  • Sicilian: “Golfu Pèrsicu”
  • Sicilian: “Gulfu di Persia”
  • Sicilian: “Gulfu Persicu”
  • Sicilian: “Gulfu Pèrsicu”
  • Sindhi: “فارس جي نار”
  • Skolt Sami: “Persialuhtt”
  • Slovak: “Perzský záliv”
  • Slovenian: “Arabski zaliv”
  • Slovenian: “Perzijski zaliv”
  • Slovenian: “Perzijsko morje”
  • Somali: “Gacanka Faarsiga”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بصره کؤزفزی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عرب کؤرفزی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فارس کؤرفزی”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Iran”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Irán”
  • Spanish: “Golfo Persico”
  • Spanish: “golfo Pérsico”
  • Spanish: “Golfo Pérsico”
  • Spanish: “Isla Yas”
  • Spanish: “pars”
  • Sundanese: “Persian Gulf”
  • Sundanese: “Teluk Persia”
  • Sundanese: “Teluk Pérsia”
  • Swahili: “Ghuba la Uajemi”
  • Swahili: “Ghuba ya Persia”
  • Swahili: “Ghuba ya Uajemi”
  • Swedish: “Arabiska viken”
  • Swedish: “Iranska viken”
  • Swedish: “Persiska Golfen”
  • Swedish: “Persiska gulfen”
  • Swedish: “Persiska viken”
  • Swiss German: “Persischer Golf”
  • Tagalog: “Golpong Persiko”
  • Tagalog: “Gulpong Persiano”
  • Tajik: “Халиҷи Форс”
  • Tamil: “அராபியக் குடா”
  • Tamil: “அரேபிய வளைகுடா”
  • Tamil: “பாரசிக வளைகுடா”
  • Tamil: “பாரசீக வளைகுடா”
  • Tamil: “பாரசீகக் குடா”
  • Tatar: “Фарсы култыгы”
  • Thai: “Persian Gulf”
  • Thai: “อ่าวเปอร์เซีย”
  • Tok Pisin: “Persian Gulf”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Persischer Golf”
  • Turkish: “Arabistan Körfezi”
  • Turkish: “Arap Körfezi”
  • Turkish: “Basra Körfezi”
  • Turkish: “Fars Körfezi”
  • Turkish: “İran Körfezi”
  • Turkish: “Pers Körfezi”
  • Turkish: “Suudi Arabistan Körfezi”
  • Turkmen: “Pars aýlagy”
  • Tyap: “A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Fari̱si”
  • Tyap: “A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Iran”
  • Tyap: “A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Pari̱si”
  • Tyap: “A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Parsi”
  • Ukrainian: “Персидська затока”
  • Ukrainian: “Перська затока”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Persiski golf”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Persiski zaliw”
  • Urdu: “خلیج فارس”
  • Uzbek: “Fors koʻrfazi”
  • Venetian: “Golfo Pèrsego”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Ả Rập”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Ba Tư”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Ba Tư”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Péc xích”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Péc-xích”
  • Vlaams: “Perzische Golf”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Golfo Persyahanon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Golpo Persia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Golpo Persyano”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gulfo han Persia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Persian Gulf”
  • Welsh: “Gwlff Arabia”
  • Welsh: “Gwlff Persia”
  • Welsh: “Y Gwlff”
  • Western Armenian: “Պարսից Ծոց”
  • Western Frisian: “Perzyske Golf”
  • Western Panjabi: “خلیج فارس”
  • Wu Chinese: “波斯灣”
  • Yiddish: “פערסישע גאלף”
  • Yiddish: “פערסישער איינגאס”
  • Yoruba: “Gulf Pẹ́rsíà”
  • Yoruba: “Persian Gulf”
  • Yue Chinese: “波斯灣”
  • “Persiah Ayollohko”
  • “फारस के खाड़ी”

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