Gulf States

[ guhlf steyts ]

plural noun

1. the states of the U.S. bordering on the Gulf of Mexico: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
2. Also called Per·sian Gulf States [pur, -zh, uh, n , guhlf, steyts, -sh, uh, n]. 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

1. the oil-producing states around the Persian Gulf: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman
2. the states of the US that border on the Gulf of Mexico: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Example Sentences

In the south, the Gulf States view their Persian nuclear neighbor as a permanent archenemy.

From The Daily Beast

A sign that the Gulf States and/or Turkey told the White House they were getting out if the footsie continued?

From The Daily Beast

For better or worse, that will have to be done in concert with regional actors like the gulf states, Turkey, and even Iran.

From The Daily Beast

Americans, Gulf States, Israelis—anyone—would be fools not to fear such a war and its consequences.

From The Daily Beast

Gulf states have pledged considerable aid to the new Egyptian regime.

From The Daily Beast

We must treat the present condition of the Gulf States as a revolution in fact accomplished.

From Project Gutenberg

But little wheat was raised in the Gulf States and few beeves except in Texas.

From Project Gutenberg

Any one may single out the Georgian and the inhabitants of any of the Gulf-states.

From Project Gutenberg

So you predict an early marriage, with threatening weather and strong prevailing easterly winds along the Gulf States?

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It is a perennial plant and grows from the most northern States to the northern border of the Gulf States.

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