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.

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Arabian Sea

In the case of the Lincoln, the carrier has been able to make few port calls while in the Arabian Sea, likely because of security concerns from the continuing war, naval experts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Turtles nest and lay their eggs on the beach while many seabirds breed on the islands, with surrounding waters home to the rare Arabian Sea humpback whale, she added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

They stayed on to assist with maritime security and infrastructure protection; in recent years the cutters intercepted drug and weapons shipments around the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

After a 12-hour search involving air and sea assets, the wreckage was recovered from 53 nautical miles south of Ormara, a port town on the coast of the Arabian Sea.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

The barrage regulated the inflow of salt water from the backwaters that opened into the Arabian Sea.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy