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Definition: Gulf |
GulfNoun1. An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay. 2. An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends". 3. A deep wide chasm. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gulf" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Gulf \Gulf\, noun. [French expression golfe, Italian golfo, from the Greek expression bosom, bay, gulf, LGr.]. (references) |
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Literature | Gulf A man that goes in for honour at Cambridge - i.e. a mathematical degree - is sometimes too bad to be classed with the lowest of the three classes, and yet has shown sufficient merit to pass. When the list is made out a line is drawn after the classes, and one or two names are appended. These names are in the gulf, and those so honoured are gulfed. In the good old times these men were not qualified to stand for the classical tripos. "The ranks of our curatehood are supplied by youths whom, at the very best, merciful examiners have raised from the very gates of `pluck' to the comparative paradise of the `Gulf.' " - Saturday Review. A great gulf fixed. An impassable separation or divergence. From the parable of Dives and Lazarus, in the third Gospel. (Luke xvi. 26.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A gulf or bay is a part of a lake or ocean that extends so that it is surrounded by land on three sides.
Well-known bays and gulfs (in alphabetic order) include:
A couple of non-gulfs (actually straits) are:
- Gulf of Finland
- Gulf of Mexico
- Persian Gulf
- Red Sea
- San Francisco Bay
- Gulf of Oman
- Gulf of Aden
See also Physical geographySource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gulf."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by North America.
The gulf's eastern, northern, and northwestern shores lie within the United States of America (specifically, the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas); its southwestern and southern shores lie within Mexico (specifically, the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo); on the southeast it is bordered by Cuba. It connects with the Atlantic Ocean via the Florida Straits between the U.S. and Cuba, and with the Caribbean Sea via the Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba.
(Note: In common usage, at least in the U.S., the term "Gulf Coast" usually refers to either 1) the continuous portion of the coast running from Cape Sable, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas, or 2) the continuous portion of the coast running from Cape Sable, Florida, to the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. Both meanings exclude Cuba as well as the Florida Keys.)
The total area of the Gulf of Mexico is approximately 615,000 square miles, the southern third of which lies within the tropics. The Gulf stream, a warm Atlantic Ocean current and one of the strongest ocean currents known, originates in the gulf. The gulf has been visited many times by powerful Atlantic hurricanes, some of which have caused extensive human death and other destruction.
The Bay of Campeche in Mexico constitutes a major arm of the Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, the gulf's shoreline is fringed by numerous bays and smaller inlets. A number of rivers empty into the gulf, most notably the Mississippi River. The land that forms the gulf's coast, including many long, narrow barrier islands, is almost uniformly low-lying and is characterized by marshes and swamps as well as stretches of sandy beach.
The continental shelf is quite wide at most points along the coast. The shelf is exploited for its oil by means of offshore drilling rigs, most of which are situated in the western gulf. Another important commercial activity is fishing; major catches include various fishes as well as shrimp and crabs, with oysters being harvested on a large scale from many of the bays and sounds. Other important industries along the coast include shipping, petrochemical processing and storage, paper manufacture, and tourism.
Coastal cities of note include Tampa, St. Petersburg, Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans, Beaumont, and Houston (all in the U.S.), Veracruz and Mérida (in Mexico), and Havana (in Cuba).
The gulf's coastal areas were first settled by American Indian groups, including those representing various of the advanced cultures of Mexico. During the period of European exploration and colonization the entire region became a theatre of contention between the Spanish, French and English. The present-day culture of the coastal region is primarily Spanish-American (Mexico, Cuba) and Anglo-American (U.S.).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gulf of Mexico."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Depth | Hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater; gulf; bowels of the earth, botttomless pit, hell. |
Gulf Lake | Noun: land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou, fiord, armlet; frith, firth, ostiary, mouth; lagune, lagoon; indraught; cove, creek; natural harbor; roads; strait; narrows; Euripus; sound, belt, gut, kyles; continental slope, continental shelf. |
Interval | Gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm; gulf; inlet, frith, strait, gully; pass; furrow; abra; barranca, barranco; clove, gulch, notch; yawning gulf; hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus; parenthesis; (interjacence); void c. (absence); incompleteness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gulf |
| English words defined with "gulf": Gulf of Aegina, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Antalya, Gulf of California, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf States, Gulf Stream, Gulf weed ♦ Persian Gulf ♦ Saronic Gulf. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gulf": Amaimon, Assos ♦ Dedan, Dizahab ♦ Empty ♦ Fontarabia ♦ Giovanni, Gulf Stream meander ♦ Hypoxie zone ♦ Norte ♦ O'man's Sea, Overland Common Point ♦ pyridostigmide bromide ♦ Red Sea, Passage of, regional dip, Return Flow ♦ sabkha, salt dome, Selama, Sephar, Serat, Serbonian Bog, Sheba, Stennis Space Center, STRATEGIC PETROLEUMRESERVE ♦ TCK smut ♦ Zin ♦ -zin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "gulf": Gorge. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gulf" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Manx (gulf). |
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Screenplays | During the Gulf War I pulled a 300-pound man out of a burning tank (G.I. Jane; writing credit: David Twohy) What's the thing people remember about the Gulf War (Wag the Dog; writing credit: Hilary Henkin) The gulf between what you are with others and what you are alone (Persona; writing credit: Ingmar Bergman) Have you ever been in a gulf hurricane (Maverick; writing credit: Lawrence Menkin) Ah! Just like I thought He came up with the Gulf Stream - from southern waters (Jaws; writing credit: Peter Benchley; Carl Gottlieb) | |
Lyrics | On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico ("The Battle of New Orleans"; performing artist: Johnny Horton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Raiders of Leyte Gulf (1963) Inside the Kill Box: Fighting the Gulf War (2001) Peacekeeper at War: A Personal View of the Gulf War (1994) Up the Gulf (1991) | |
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 | Hurricane Georges battering the Gulf Coast on September 28, 1998. Credit: NASA. |  | OCTS imagery of the Gulf of Maine. Credit: NASA. |
 | Persian Gulf. Credit: NASA. |  | Identified as submerged atolls on Palawan Bank Note similarity in shape to salt structures in Gulf of Mexico See images "theb.3833.htm" and "theb.3834.htm". Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer BLAKE In service 1874-1905 Atlantic service Classic Gulf Stream studies, many instrument innovations Pioneered deepsea anchoring. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Sinai Desert shoreline on the Gulf of Aqaba. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Sunset in Gulf of Mexico. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A Gulf of Alaska sunset as the PATHFINDER heads home from a long season. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Looking southeast towards the Gulf of Exmouth and the Learmonth Observatory from the Charles Knife Road. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico off Sanibel Island. Credit: Fisheries. |
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| "Gulf Walls" by Kelly Abbott Commentary: "These are the walls that separate the US from Mexico. They are recycled from temporary runways used in the Gulf War." | "Sunbath" by Marcin Sobolew Commentary: "Photo has been made late summer 2002 at Baltic Sea , Gulf of Puck. It was summer to remember :)." |
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 | Florida; beach; gulf; pelican; seagull; gull; ocean. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He perceived distinctly in the gloom an unknown man, a stranger, whom fate had mistaken for him, and was pushing into the gulf in his place |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | When June was half gone, the big clouds moved up out of Texas and the Gulf, high heavy clouds, rainheads |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Levine WC, Griffin PM, Gulf Coast Vibrio Working Group. (references) | |
Between 1988 and 1995, CDC received reports of over 300 V. vulnificus infections from the Gulf Coast states, where the majority of cases occur. (references) | ||
Shellfish eaten raw have been a source of cholera, and a few persons in the United States have contracted cholera after eating raw or undercooked shellfish from the Gulf of Mexico. (references) | ||
Business | These forces participated in the recent Gulf war. (references) | |
But its performance on the Gulf, Far East and other Middle East routes has declined. (references) | ||
The UAE's oil production rose significantly in the latter half of 1990 after the outbreak of the Gulf war. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Kuwait | The Papal Nuncio resides in Kuwait City and also represents Vatican interests in the other Gulf States and Yemen. (references) |
Nepal | These restrictions do not apply to women who are traveling to the Gulf states for other reasons, nor do they apply to travel to other areas. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | Of the 33,000 Iraqi civilians and former prisoners of war allowed refuge in the country at the end of the Gulf War, none has been granted permanent asylum. (references) | |
Economic History | Nicaragua | GULF KING, a U.S. shrimp boat fleet. (references) |
Pakistan | It operates in all the major routes of Gulf region. (references) | |
Egypt | Egypt played a key role during the 1990-91 Gulf crisis. (references) | |
Human Rights | Iraq | Of 609 cases of missing Kuwaiti citizens under review by the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing, only 3 have been resolved. (references) |
Iraq | Many of the mines were laid during the Iran-Iraq and Gulf Wars; however, the army failed to clear them before it abandoned the area. (references) | |
Oman | Citizens must obtain permission from the Ministry of Interior to marry foreigners, except nationals of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. (references) | |
Minorities | Kuwait | There were no reports during the year that the Government enforced the policy of prior years limiting the presence of workers from nations whose leaders had supported Iraq in the Gulf War, especially Palestinians, Jordanians, and Yemenis. (references) |
Political Economy | Oman | Oman is strategically located at the entrance to the Persian Gulf opposite Iran. (references) |
BAHRAIN | An important GCC goal under discussion is the development of a unified Gulf currency. (references) | |
Trade | Qatar | As a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Qatar is a signatory to the Free Trade Agreement. (references) |
Qatar | Several bilateral agreements on easing trade and investment restrictions were reached with those Arab countries in the Gulf area and North Africa. (references) | |
Uae | The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), grouping the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman has been discussing a common external tariff for some years. (references) | |
Travel | Qatar | Makhbous (rice with roast sheep) is the most common food in the Gulf. (references) |
Qatar | Air Transport: In addition to the recently established Qatar Airways, Gulf Air services Qatar. (references) | |
Oman | The U.A.E., as the largest transshipment point in the Gulf, has the biggest share of Oman's market. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | Parents occasionally also accompany their children to the Persian Gulf. (references) |
Morocco | This was similar to a scam reported in 1999 between Morocco and the Persian Gulf states. (references) | |
Indonesia | Host countries include Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Korea, and the Persian Gulf states. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Woodward | Well, I suspect it will be any time and I think it will be a war. You were talking with former Prime Minister Major of Britain who was there during the Gulf War with the first President Bush. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | An occurrence has indeed taken place in the Gulf of Mexico which, if sanctioned by the Spanish Government, may make an exception as to that power. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Of the naval force it has been necessary to maintain strong squadrons in the Mediterranean and in the Gulf of Mexico. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Those works, when completed, together with those which the United States have constructed on the western side of the Gulf of Florida, will contribute essentially to the safety of navigation in that sea. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | In our cities last summer, we saw how wide is the gulf for some Americans between the promise and the reality of our society. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | President I realize that it is difficult to communicate meaningfully across the gulf of four years of war. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Japan, Australia, and New Zealand have given us strong support in developing a strategy for responding to instability in the Persian Gulf. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | I have witnessed the bloody futility of two World Wars, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | We all have a special place in our hearts for the families of men and women serving in the Gulf. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | The brave Americans serving our nation today in the Persian Gulf, in Somalia, and wherever else they stand are testament to our resolve. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will release or account for all Gulf War personnel whose fate is still unknown. |
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| "Gulf" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 64.66% of the time. "Gulf" is used about 1,046 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 64.66% | 676 | 9,770 |
| Noun (singular) | 35.34% | 370 | 14,662 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,046 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Canada | Gulf Canada Resources Ltd | India | Indo Gulf Corporation Limited |
| USA | Atlantic Gulf Communities Corporation | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "gulf": arabian gulf ♦ East Gulf ♦ Gulf Breeze ♦ Gulf County ♦ Gulf Gate Estates ♦ Gulf Hills ♦ gulf of aden ♦ gulf of Aegina ♦ gulf of Akaba ♦ gulf of Alaska ♦ gulf of Antalya ♦ gulf of Aqaba ♦ gulf of bothnia ♦ gulf of California ♦ gulf of Corinth ♦ gulf of Finland ♦ gulf of Guinea ♦ gulf of Lepanto ♦ gulf of Mexico ♦ gulf of oman ♦ gulf of Saint Lawrence ♦ gulf of Siam ♦ gulf of Sidra ♦ gulf of St. Lawrence ♦ gulf of Suez ♦ gulf of Tehuantepec ♦ gulf of Thailand ♦ Gulf Park Estates ♦ Gulf Port ♦ Gulf Shores ♦ gulf States ♦ Gulf Stream ♦ Gulf weed ♦ persian gulf ♦ Persian Gulf Syndrome ♦ persian gulf war ♦ Saronic Gulf ♦ the gulf of genoa ♦ the gulf stream ♦ the southern part of the gulf of bosnia ♦ Winding Gulf ♦ yawning gulf. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "gulf": gulf-inflated, gulf-related, gulf-war, gulf-watchers. | |
Ending with "gulf": post-gulf, pre-gulf. | |
Containing "gulf": anti-gulf-war, post-gulf-war. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gulf shore | 3,970 | gulf shore alabama hotel | 211 |
gulf shore alabama | 3,289 | gulf news | 205 |
gulf shore al | 2,529 | gulf war syndrome | 199 |
gulf of mexico | 2,346 | gulf shore condo rental | 198 |
florida gulf coast | 1,223 | gulf | 190 |
gulf war | 1,152 | gulf coast vacation | 186 |
gulf coast | 1,002 | gulf breeze | 177 |
gulf shore condo | 607 | coast college community gulf mississippi | 164 |
gulf shore hotel | 503 | gulf shore ala | 163 |
gulf shore rental | 470 | gulf shore vacation rental | 155 |
gulf island | 465 | gulf breeze realty | 152 |
gulf air | 430 | gulf breeze realtor | 151 |
real estate gulf breeze | 375 | real estate gulf shore | 147 |
gulf stream | 336 | beach club gulf shore | 147 |
gulf shore plantation | 321 | gulf park shore state | 145 |
gulf coast community college | 306 | 2003 gulf war | 133 |
florida gulf coast university | 294 | gulf greyhound park | 132 |
persian gulf war | 284 | gulf map mexico | 130 |
mississippi gulf coast | 278 | gulf shore alabama condo | 114 |
gulf breeze fl | 252 | gulf shore vacation | 109 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "gulf"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | golf (golf), gholf (golf), afgrond (abyss, chasm, precipice). (various references) | |
Albanian | gji deti, gji (bay, bight, boob, bosom, bowels, breast, chest, entrails, inlet, milk, womb), gjeratore (maelstrom, whirlpool), humnerë (abyss, chasm, precipice), çarje (break, breaking, cleavage, cleft, cut, dissection, fissure, fracture, gap, incision, opening, orifice, rent, rift, slash, split, splitting, wedge). (various references) | |
Arabic | هاوية (abyss), غمر (deluge, douse, dunk, engulf, float, flood, flow, immerse, immersion, inundate, inundation, load, overflow, overwhelm, sluice, souse, submerge, suffuse, swamp, wash), خليج (bay, bight, cape, inlet, lough), إبتلع (bolt, engulf, gulp, overwhelm, pouch, swallow, swig, swoop), ثغرة واسعة, دوامة (eddy, swirl, vortex, whirl, whirlpool), دردور (eddy, vortex, votaress, whirl, whirlpool). (various references) | |
Basque | golko. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | водовъртеж (caldron, cauldron, maelstrom, purl, vertiginous current, vortex, whirligig, whirlpool), залив (bay, bight, embayment, fleet, hope), бездна (abysm, abyss, chasm, depths, gap, precipice, the deep), дълбок залив (sea-arm). (various references) | |
Chinese | 灣 (bay), 海股. (various references) | |
Czech | zátoka (basin, cove, Creek, inlet), záliv (bay, Lough), vír (Eddy, maelstrom, swirl, vortex, whirl), rozdíl (deficiency, difference, differential, disparity, distinction, divide, excess, odds, variance, variety), propast (abysm, abyss, chasm, divide, yawn). (various references) | |
Danish | bugt (bay, golf). (various references) | |
Dutch | golf (golf, wave), inham (bay, golf), golfspel (golf), boezem (bosom, breast, chest, golf), bocht (bend, curve, golf, refuse, rubbish, turn, waste). (various references) | |
Esperanto | golfo (golf), profundegaĵo (abyss, precipice). (various references) | |
Faeroese | vík (golf), avgrund (abyss, chasm, precipice). (various references) | |
Farsi | فاصله زدوری , مفارقت , هرچیزبلعنده وفروبرنده , گرداب (Gourd, Vortex, Whirlpool), خلیج , جداءی (Breakaway, Divorce, Rupture, Seclusion, Segregation, Sequester, Severance). (various references) | |
Finnish | lahti (bay, cove, golf). (various references) | |
French | golfe, gouffre (gullet), abîme. (various references) | |
Frisian | djipte (abyss, chasm, depth, precipice), ôfgrûn (abyss, chasm, precipice). (various references) | |
German | golf (golf), meerbusen (bay, golf), bucht (bay, bight, cove, golf, Loch, stall). (various references) | |
Greek | κόλπος (bay), χάσμα (air gap, chasm, gap, hiatus, rift). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מפרץ (bay, bight, cove, haven, inlet), לשון יבשה (bay, inlet, spit), בלועה (sink hole, vortex, whirlpool). (various references) | |
Hungarian | öböl (bay, bight, golf, sinus, trough), szakadék (abyss, beetling height, chasm, cleft, cove, deep, dell, drop-off, escarpment, gap, gourd, gulch, pit, precipice, ravine, scarp). (various references) | |
Icelandic | gjá (abyss, chasm, precipice), hyldýpi (abyss, chasm, precipice). (various references) | |
Indonesian | teluk (bight, firth). (various references) | |
Italian | golfo (golf), abisso (abysm, abyss, chasm, deep, depth, fovea, pit, precipice), burrone (abyss, Canyon, chasm, gorge, gulch, gully, precipice, ravine). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 湾 (bay, inlet), 彎入 , 入海 (bay, creek, inlet), 入り海 (bay, creek, inlet). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いりうみ (bay, creek, inlet), わんにゅう (embayment), わん (bay, bowl, inlet, Japanese soup bowl, wooden bowl). (various references) | |
Korean | 만 (bay, Bays). (various references) | |
Manx | lhoob (bend, coil, convolution, curve, flexion, hank, hoop, link, rabbit snare, shackle, snare, staple clasp, stitch, twine, twine of snake, twirl), gulf, diunid (deep; rootedness, depth, depth of colour), charvaal (abyss, chasm, divide). (various references) | |
Norwegian | havbukt, avgrunn (abyss). (various references) | |
Occitan | golf. (various references) | |
Papiamen | precipicio (abyss, chasm, precipice), abismo (abyss, chasm, precipice). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ulfgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | golfo (golf), abismo (abysm, abyss, chasm, deep, depths, pit, precipice, yawn). (various references) | |
Romanian | golf (bay, golf), volburã (Eddy, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind), vârtej (backwash, bent, bustle, Eddy, giddiness, gyration, rotation, swirl, twirl, vortex, whirl, wind spout), prãpastie (abysm, abyss, chaos, chasm, depth, disaster, hollow, precipice, ravine, scar, steep), abis (abysm, abyss, chasm, hell, precipice, ravine, the bottomless pit), învolburare (whirling). (various references) | |
Russian | бездна (abysm, abyss, chasm, deep, precipice). (various references) | |
Scottish | linne (a pool, arm of the sea, linn, pond, pool). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zaliv (bay, bight), jaz (abyss, chasm, hiatus, trough). (various references) | |
Spanish | golfo (bay, hooligan, street arab), abismo (abysm, abyss, chasm, cleft, coulee, couloir, crevice, deepness, hell, pit, precipice, Slough, steep), precipicio (abyss, chasm, cliff, drop, precipice), despeñadero (abyss, chasm, precipice). (various references) | |
Swedish | bukt (bay, bend, bight, coil, cove, creek, flexion, fold, turn, winding), avgrund (abyss, chasm, hell, pit, precipice). (various references) | |
Thai | เหวลึก, สิ่งที่กลืนกิน, อ่าว (bay), กลืน (engulf, swallow). (various references) | |
Turkish | girdap (Eddy, purl, suck, swirl, twist, vortex, whirlpool), uçurum (abysm, abyss, bluff, chasm, cliff, crag, gap, precipice, scarp, steep), körfez (arm, bay, bight, cove, Firth, indentation, inlet, Loch, Lough), boşluk (abysm, abyss, antrum, backlash, blank, blankness, cavity, chamber, chasm, clear, clearance, daylight, desideratum, emptiness, gap, hiatus, hole, hollow, hollowness, idleness, inanition, Lacuna, nothingness, nullity, separation, sinus, slack, slackness, space, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, voidness), anafor (Eddy, suck, swirl, vortex, whirlpool). (various references) | |
Turkmen | aяlag (circle). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | морська затока, пучина (abysm, abyss, profound), прірва (abysm, abyss, barathrum), поглинати (absorb, canker, consume, devour, eat away, engulf, immerse, lap up, merge, mop up, occupy, overwhelm, suck in, swallow). (various references) | |
Welsh | morgainc, llynclyn (vortex), agendor (abyss, gap). (various references) | |
Zulu | iligalofu (golf), igalofu (golf). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | chasma, kolpos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abruptum, abyssus, crater, fauces, gurges, gurgites, gurgitibus, gurgitum, sinus. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | golfo. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | golfe. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 16, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epi pasin toutoiV metaxu hmwn kai umwn casma mega esthriktai opwV oi qelonteV diabhnai enteuqen proV umaV mh dunwntai mhde oi ekeiqen proV hmaV diaperwsin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et in his omnibus inter nos et vos chasma magnum firmatum est ut hii qui volunt hinc transire ad vos non possint neque inde huc transmeare |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And on eallum þissum betwux us and eow is mycel dwolma getrymed. þa ðe wyllað heonon to eow faran ne magon. ne þanun faran hidere; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And in alle these thingis a greet derk place is stablischid betwixe vs and you; that thei that wolen fro hennus passe to you, moun not, nethir fro thennus passe ouer hidur. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Beyonde all this bitwene you and vs ther is a greate space set so that they which wolde goo from thence to you cannot: nether maye come from thence to vs. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 16, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | Ug labut pa niining tanan, sa taliwala kanamo ug kaninyo gikapahimutang ang usa ka dakung bung-aw aron nga sila nga buot molabang gikan diri nganha kaninyo dili arang makahimo; ug nga walay bisan kinsa nga makalabang gikan diha ngari kanamo.` |
| Croatian | K tome izmeðu nas i vas zjapi provalija golema te koji bi i htjeli prijeæi odavde k vama, ne mogu, a ni odatle k nama prijelaza nema.'" |
| Danish | Og foruden alt dette er der fæstet et stort Svælg imellem os og eder, for at de, som ville fare herfra over til eder, ikke skulle kunne det, og de ikke heller skulle fare derfra over til os. |
| Dutch | En boven dit alles, tussen ons en ulieden is een grote klove gevestigd, zodat degenen, die van hier tot u willen overgaan, niet zouden kunnen, noch ook die daar zijn, van daar tot ons overkomen. |
| Finnish | Ja kaiken tämän lisäksi on meidän välillemme ja teidän vahvistettu suuri juopa, että ne, jotka tahtovat mennä täältä teidän luoksenne, eivät voisi, eivätkä ne, jotka siellä ovat, pääsisi yli meidän luoksemme.` |
| French | D`ailleurs, il y a entre nous et vous un grand abîme, afin que ceux qui voudraient passer d`ici vers vous, ou de là vers nous, ne puissent le faire. |
| German | Und über das alles ist zwischen uns und euch eine große Kluft befestigt, daß die wollten von hinnen hinabfahren zu euch, könnten nicht, und auch nicht von dannen zu uns herüberfahren. |
| Haitian Creole | Epitou, gen yon gwo twou ki separe nou avè ou, konsa pa gen mwayen pou moun sot isit la pou y' al jwenn ou, osinon pou moun ta soti kote ou ye a pou vin jwenn nou. |
| Hungarian | És mindenekfelett, mi köztünk és ti közöttetek nagy közbevetés van, úgy, hogy a kik akarnának innét ti hozzátok általmenni, nem mehetnek, sem azok onnét hozzánk át nem jöhetnek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Selain itu, di antara engkau dan kami sudah dibuat sebuah jurang yang besar, supaya orang dari sini tidak dapat ke sana dan orang dari sana tidak dapat ke sini!' |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tambahan pula, di antara kamu dengan kami ada suatu selang yang besar, supaya orang yang dari sini hendak pergi ke sana tiada dapat, dan orang dari sana pun tiada dapat menyeberang kepada kami. |
| Latvian | Un pie tam starp mums un jums atrodas liels bezdibenis, tâ ka tie, kas no ðejienes vçlçtos aiziet pie jums, to nespçtu, tâpat arî pâriet no jums pie mums. |
| Maori | Haunga ano enei mea katoa, kua oti te whakapumau tetahi tawha nui i waenganui o koutou, o matou: a ki te mea etahi ki te whakawhiti atu i konei ki a koutou, e kore e ahei; e kore ano e whiti mai i kona ki a matou. |
| Norwegian | Og dessuten er et stort svelg festet mellem oss og eder, forat de som vil gå herfra og over til eder, ikke skal kunne det, og forat heller ikke de på den andre side skal fare derfra og over til oss. |
| Rumanian | Pe lkngq toate acestea, kntre noi wi kntre voi este o prqpastie mare, awa ca cei ce ar avea sq treacq de aici la voi, sau de acolo la noi, sq nu poatq.` |
| Russian | Й УЧЕТИ ЧУЕЗП ФПЗП НЕЦДХ ОБНЙ Й ЧБНЙ ХФЧЕТЦДЕОБ ЧЕМЙЛБС РТПРБУФШ, ФБЛ ЮФП ИПФСЭЙЕ РЕТЕКФЙ ПФУАДБ Л ЧБН ОЕ НПЗХФ, ФБЛЦЕ Й ПФФХДБ Л ОБН ОЕ РЕТЕИПДСФ. |
| Shuar | Tura Nú arant Nánata ti uunt awai. Tuma asamtai Juyá ai wétinian wakeruiniayat tujintiainiawai. Tura aiya jui Tátinian wakeruinia nusha tujintiainiawai." ' |
| Spanish | Además de todo esto, un gran abismo existe entre nosotros y vosotros, para que los que quieran pasar de aquí a vosotros no puedan, ni de allá puedan cruzar para acá.' |
| Swahili | Licha ya hayo, kati yetu na ninyi kumewekwa shimo kubwa, ili wanaotaka kuja kwenu kutoka huku wasiweze, wala wanaotaka kutoka kwenu kuja kwetu wasiweze.` |
| Swedish | Och till allt detta kommer, att ett stort svalg är satt mellan oss och eder, för att de som vilja begiva sig över härifrån till eder icke skola kunna det, och för att ej heller någon därifrån skall kunna komma över till oss." |
| Uma | Hiaa' etu, hi olo' -ta ria tumata to bohe lia. Tauna ngkai rehe'i uma bisa tilou hi retu, pai' tauna ngkai retu uma bisa tumai hi rehe'i.' |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gulf": gulfed, gulfier, gulfiest, gulfing, gulflike, gulfs, gulfweed, gulfweeds, gulfy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "gulf": begulf, engulf, ingulf. (additional references) | |
Words containing "gulf": begulfed, begulfing, begulfs, engulfed, engulfing, engulfment, engulfments, engulfs, ingulfed, ingulfing, ingulfs. (additional references) | |
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"Gulf" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aulf, gelf, Gilf, glf, glu, gluc, gluf, glug, gluk, gluv, gofl, guaf, guaff, guef, guelf, guf, gufa, gufe, guif, gul, Gule, gulfo, Gulg, gullf, gulr, gulu, gurf, guul, Mgulu, ufl, uglify, ulf, ulv. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gulf" (pronounced gu"lf) |
| 4 | g u" l f | engulf. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-l-u" | |
-1 letter: flu, fug, gul, lug. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-l-u" | |
+1 letter: flung, fugal, fugle, gulfs, gulfy. | |
+2 letters: bagful, begulf, engulf, frugal, fugled, fugles, fulgid, fungal, gulfed, ingulf, jugful, mugful, uglify. | |
+3 letters: bagfuls, bagsful, begulfs, cageful, effulge, engulfs, figural, fluking, fluming, fluting, fluxing, fouling, fueling, fugally, fuggily, fugling, fulgent, fulling, fungals, furling, furlong, gainful, gleeful, gruffly, gulfier, gulfing, ingulfs, jugfuls, jugsful, luffing, lungful, mugfuls, songful, ufology, upfling, upflung. | |
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