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title="Golfu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Golfu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapyte" title="Parapyte – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Parapyte" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6rf%C9%99z" title="Körfəz – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Körfəz" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B2" title="کؤرفز – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کؤرفز" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celukan" title="Celukan – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Celukan" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0" title="ভূবেষ্টিত উপসাগর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভূবেষ্টিত উপসাগর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpo" title="Golpo – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Golpo" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleg-mor" title="Pleg-mor – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Pleg-mor" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_(geografia)" title="Golf (geografia) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Golf (geografia)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gahwi" title="Gahwi – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Gahwi" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwlff" title="Gwlff – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gwlff" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_(farvand)" title="Golf (farvand) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Golf (farvand)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_(Meer)" title="Golf (Meer) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Golf (Meer)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BB%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82_(%CE%B3%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%B1)" title="Κόλπος (γεωγραφία) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κόλπος (γεωγραφία)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo" title="Golfo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Golfo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo" title="Golfo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Golfo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golko" title="Golko – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Golko" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AC" title="خلیج – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="خلیج" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfe" title="Golfe – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Golfe" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo_(xeograf%C3%ADa)" title="Golfo (xeografía) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Golfo (xeografía)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfo" title="Gulfo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Gulfo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo" title="Golfo – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Golfo" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo" title="Golfo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Golfo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghuba" title="Ghuba – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ghuba" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B2f_(jewografi)" title="Gòf (jewografi) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Gòf (jewografi)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendav" title="Kendav – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Kendav" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoala" title="Hoala – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Hoala" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4" title="आखात – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="आखात" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC" title="خليج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="خليج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A6%D9%88" title="هندئو – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="هندئو" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf" title="Golf – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Golf" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%CA%BBrfaz" title="Koʻrfaz – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Koʻrfaz" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%84%D9%81" title="گلف – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="گلف" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%88%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%84%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%91%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A" title="ឈូងសមុទ្រ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ឈូងសមុទ្រ" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf" title="Golf – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Golf" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="نار – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="نار" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%95%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88" title="کەنداو – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کەنداو" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_(geografi)" title="Golf (geografi) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Golf (geografi)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE" title="வளைகுடா – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="வளைகுடா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shi mw-list-item"><a href="https://shi.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%E1%BA%93la" title="Aẓla – Tachelhit" lang="shi" hreflang="shi" data-title="Aẓla" data-language-autonym="Taclḥit" 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(<a href="/wiki/Talk:Gulf#Proposed_merge_of_List_of_gulfs_into_Gulf" title="Talk:Gulf">Discuss</a>)<small><i> Proposed since March 2025.</i></small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulf_of_Tunis_NASA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Gulf_of_Tunis_NASA.jpg/250px-Gulf_of_Tunis_NASA.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Gulf_of_Tunis_NASA.jpg/330px-Gulf_of_Tunis_NASA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Gulf_of_Tunis_NASA.jpg/500px-Gulf_of_Tunis_NASA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="702" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tunis" title="Gulf of Tunis">Gulf of Tunis</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a 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data-file-height="1877" /></a><figcaption>Map of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Bothnia" title="Gulf of Bothnia">Gulf of Bothnia</a> between <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>gulf</b> is a large inlet from an <a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">ocean</a> or their <a href="/wiki/Sea" title="Sea">seas</a> into a landmass,<sup id="cite_ref-Def1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Def1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> larger and typically (though not always) with a narrower opening than a <a href="/wiki/Bay_(geography)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay (geography)">bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Def2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Def2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term was used traditionally for large, highly indented navigable bodies of salt water that are enclosed by the coastline.<sup id="cite_ref-Def1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Def1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many gulfs are major shipping areas, such as the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Finland" title="Gulf of Finland">Gulf of Finland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Def2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Def2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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Gregory (British writer)">Gregory, George</a> (1816). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/60210040RX2.nlm.nih.gov/mode/2up"><i>A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences</i></a>. 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