Arabian Sea

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noun

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

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Words nearby Arabian Sea

Arabian horse, Arabian jasmine, Arabian Nights, Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Arabian oryx, Arabian Sea, Arabia Petraea, Arabic, arabica bean, arabica coffee, Arabicize

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How to use Arabian Sea in a sentence

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.
India’s Real Power Shortage|Dilip D’Souza|August 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
India already has a major aid program and is considering building a railroad to link Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea via Iran.
How to Repair the U.S. Pakistan Relationship|Bruce Riedel|June 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Is the Libyan war claiming casualties as far away as the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, and the Gulf of Aden?
Obama Lets the Pirates Off|Stephen L. Carter|July 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
One of them, the Ronald Reagan, is reportedly in the Arabian Sea, but it is not there to battle pirates.
Obama Lets the Pirates Off|Stephen L. Carter|July 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Chinese engineers are building highways to link Tibet to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan.
America’s Menacing Pakistan Problem|Bruce Riedel|May 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
No one making for the Indus plains can again utilize these approaches who does not hold command of the Arabian Sea.
The Gates of India|Thomas Holdich
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.
The Gates of India|Thomas Holdich
They voyaged through the Arabian Sea, with the parched desert shores shimmering in the white hot sun.
Fair Harbor|Joseph Crosby Lincoln
A wind similar in character, but rather more easterly in direction, simultaneously takes possession of the Arabian Sea.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
This rig was formerly much used, and is still the typical sail of the felucca of the Mediterranean, and dhow of the Arabian Sea.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Arabian Sea

Arabian Sea

noun

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

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Cultural definitions for Arabian Sea

Arabian Sea

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 for Arabian Sea

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