Gulf States

American  

[guhlf steyts] / ˈgʌlf ˌsteɪts /

plural noun

1. the states of the U.S. bordering on the Gulf of Mexico: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.

2. Also called Persian Gulf States.  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.

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Gulf States British  

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

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Example Sentences

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Gulf States

Robert Mogielnicki, of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Paris, said that building new pipelines "will take time" and such infrastructure would "still possess vulnerabilities".

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

Appeared in the April 10, 2026, print edition as 'Tehran Tolls Would Hit Gulf States Hard'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

“This constellation of foreign investment from China and from Gulf States, with complex and sometimes competing relationships with the United States, demands rigorous, not perfunctory review,” Booker and the others wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

“That’s a relatively compelling combination,” says Robert Mogielnicki, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

"Rich dry soil from the Mississippi and Gulf States through Texas to Mexico."

From Texas Honey Plants by Sanborn, C. E.