Arabian Sea

American  

noun

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

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Arabian Sea British  

noun

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

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Arabian Sea Cultural  

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.

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

Example Sentences

“You could just sit outside in the Arabian Sea and then start with one tanker and then see what happens,” said Erik Meyersson, a chief emerging markets strategist at the Swedish bank SEB.

From The Wall Street Journal

The strategic significance and resources of Balochistan—Pakistan’s largest province, on the Arabian Sea—have long made it a focus of Chinese investment.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Their military deployment in the region does not scare us," he said, referring to the arrival of an aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, in the Arabian Sea.

From Barron's

Earlier in the day, crude oil gained 1.5% on renewed tensions after the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone that approached an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal

A US military spokesman confirmed the Iranian drone had been shot down after it "aggressively approached" an American aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea.

From BBC