Arabian Sea

noun

1. the NW arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia.

Arabian Sea

noun

1. the NW part of the Indian Ocean, between Arabia and India

Arabian Sea

1. Part of the Indian Ocean whose main arms include the Gulf of Oman to the northwest and the Gulf of Aden to the west.

Notes

It is an important trade route between the Indian subcontinent and the states of the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea .

Example Sentences

It was a beautiful stretch of beach south of Mumbai, leaning palms on one side, the gentle waves of the Arabian Sea on the other.

From The Daily Beast

India already has a major aid program and is considering building a railroad to link Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea via Iran.

From The Daily Beast

Is the Libyan war claiming casualties as far away as the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, and the Gulf of Aden?

From The Daily Beast

One of them, the Ronald Reagan, is reportedly in the Arabian Sea, but it is not there to battle pirates.

From The Daily Beast

Chinese engineers are building highways to link Tibet to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan.

From The Daily Beast

No one making for the Indus plains can again utilize these approaches who does not hold command of the Arabian Sea.

From Project Gutenberg

From the sun-swept Arabian Sea a long line of white shore, with a ceaseless surf breaking on it, appears to edge it on the north.

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They voyaged through the Arabian Sea, with the parched desert shores shimmering in the white hot sun.

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A wind similar in character, but rather more easterly in direction, simultaneously takes possession of the Arabian Sea.

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This rig was formerly much used, and is still the typical sail of the felucca of the Mediterranean, and dhow of the Arabian Sea.

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