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1. a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas

↑Alabama, ↑Heart of Dixie, ↑Camellia State, ↑AL, ↑Florida, ↑Sunshine State, ↑Everglade State, ↑FL, ↑Louisiana, ↑Pelican State, ↑LA, ↑Mississippi, ↑Magnolia State, ↑MS, ↑Texas, ↑Lone-Star State, ↑TX

2. the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf

↑Bahrain, ↑State of Bahrain, ↑Bahrein, ↑Iran, ↑Islamic Republic of Iran, ↑Persia, ↑Iraq, ↑Republic of Iraq, ↑Al-Iraq, ↑Irak, ↑Kuwait, ↑State of Kuwait, ↑Koweit, ↑Oman, ↑Sultanate of Oman, ↑Muscat and Oman, ↑Qatar, ↑State of Qatar, ↑Katar, ↑State of Katar, ↑Saudi Arabia, ↑Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ↑United Arab Emirates

1. the states of the U.S. bordering on the Gulf of Mexico: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.

2. Also called Persian Gulf States. the oil-producing countries bordering on or located near the Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Gulf States plural noun

The small Arab states, rich in oil, bordering the Arabian Gulf, ie Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

Main Entry: ↑gulf

1) the countries bordering on the Persian Gulf (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman)

2) the U.S. states that border on the Gulf of Mexico (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas)