The Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf
//ɡʌlf//
Synonyms for "gulf" (167 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (83)
groovegulchgullygurgegutharborhiatusholehollowincisioninletintervaljointkloofkylelacunalaying openleaklochlough
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maelstromminemoatmouthnarrownarrow seasnarrowsnatural harbornotchnullahopeningopening uporificeoutletpasspassagepassagewaypitporequarryravinereachrefluencerefluxregurgitationrentriftrimeroadroadsroadsteadrupturescissureseamseparationshaftslitslotslouchsloughsoundspacesplitstomastraitstraitsswirlthrowing opentrenchtwirluncorkingunstoppingvalleyvoidvortexwadiwellwhirlwhirlpoolworkingsyawnyawning abyss
Noun(1 words)
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28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
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1 entriesderived
15 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
5 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
Translations
121 translations across 86 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- golf noun (geography)
Albanian
1 entries- gji noun (geography)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κόλπος noun (geography)
- χάσμα noun (abyss, chasm)
Arabic
3 entries- الْخَلِيج name (Translations)
- جون noun (geography)
- خَلِيج noun (geography)
Armenian
3 entries- ծովախորշ noun (geography)
- ծովածոց noun (geography)
- ծոց noun (geography)
Asturian
1 entries- golfu noun (geography)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- körfəz noun (geography)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡултыҡ noun (geography)
Belarusian
2 entries- залі́ў noun (geography)
- зато́ка noun (geography)
Bengali
1 entries- উপসাগর noun (geography)
Bulgarian
3 entries- бездна noun (abyss, chasm)
- за́лив noun (geography)
- пропаст noun (abyss, chasm)
Burmese
1 entries- ကွေ့ noun (geography)
Catalan
1 entries- golf noun (geography)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 海灣 /海湾 noun (geography)
- 灣 /湾 noun (geography)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- āihtectli noun (geography)
Czech
1 entries- záliv noun (geography)
Danish
2 entries- bugt noun (geography)
- golf noun (geography)
Dari
2 entries- خَلِیج noun (geography)
- شَاخَاب noun (geography)
Dutch
1 entries- golf noun (geography)
Esperanto
2 entries- abismo noun (abyss, chasm)
- golfo noun (geography)
Estonian
1 entries- laht noun (geography)
Finnish
1 entries- lahti noun (geography)
French
2 entries- Golfe name (Translations)
- golfe noun (geography)
Galician
1 entries- abra noun (geography)
Georgian
2 entries- უბე noun (geography)
- ყურე noun (geography)
German
3 entries- Bucht noun (geography)
- Golf noun (geography)
- Meerbusen noun (geography)
Greek
1 entries- κόλπος noun (geography)
Gujarati
1 entries- અખાત noun (geography)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִפְרָץ noun (geography)
Hindi
2 entries- उपसागर noun (geography)
- खाड़ी noun (geography)
Hungarian
1 entries- öböl noun (geography)
Icelandic
1 entries- flói noun (geography)
Ido
1 entries- gulfo noun (geography)
Indonesian
2 entries- jurang noun (abyss, chasm)
- teluk noun (geography)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- خَلیج noun (geography)
- شاخاب noun (geography)
Irish
1 entries- murascaill noun (geography)
Italian
1 entries- golfo noun (geography)
Japanese
1 entries- 湾 noun (geography)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕಂದರ noun (geography)
Kazakh
1 entries- шығанақ noun (geography)
Khmer
1 entries- ឈូងសមុទ្រ noun (geography)
Korean
1 entries- 만 noun (geography)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- булуң noun (geography)
Lao
1 entries- ອ່າວ noun (geography)
Latin
1 entries- sinus noun (geography)
Latvian
1 entries- līcis noun (geography)
Lithuanian
1 entries- įlanka noun (geography)
Macedonian
3 entries- бе́здна noun (abyss, chasm)
- за́лив noun (geography)
- прова́лија noun (abyss, chasm)
Malay
1 entries- teluk noun (geography)
Mongolian
1 entries- далайн булан noun (geography)
Māori
1 entries- whanga noun (geography)
Northern Altai
1 entries- кӧлмек noun (geography)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- kendav noun (geography)
- xelîc noun (geography)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bukt noun (geography)
- golf noun (geography)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- bukt noun (geography)
- golf noun (geography)
Old English
1 entries- byht noun (geography)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كورفز noun (geography)
Pashto
1 entries- خليج noun (geography)
Polish
3 entries- rozbrat noun (large difference between groups)
- rozłam noun (large difference between groups)
- zatoka noun (geography)
Portuguese
1 entries- golfo noun (geography)
Romanian
1 entries- golf noun (geography)
Russian
1 entries- зали́в noun (geography)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bàgh noun (geography)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- záliv noun (geography)
- záljev noun (geography)
- за́лив noun (geography)
- за́љев noun (geography)
Slovak
1 entries- záliv noun (geography)
Slovene
1 entries- zaliv noun (geography)
Southern Altai
2 entries- булуҥ noun (geography)
- кӧлмӧк noun (geography)
Spanish
1 entries- golfo noun (geography)
Swahili
1 entries- ghuba noun (geography)
Swedish
2 entries- bukt noun (geography)
- golf noun (geography)
Tagalog
1 entries- golpo noun (geography)
Tajik
1 entries- халиҷ noun (geography)
Tamil
1 entries- வளைகுடா noun (geography)
Tatar
1 entries- култык noun (geography)
Thai
1 entries- อ่าว noun (geography)
Turkish
1 entries- körfez noun (geography)
Turkmen
1 entries- aýlag noun (geography)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зали́в noun (geography)
- зато́ка noun (geography)
Urdu
2 entries- خَلِیج noun (geography)
- کھاڑِی noun (geography)
Uyghur
1 entries- قولتۇق noun (geography)
Uzbek
2 entries- koʻrfaz noun (geography)
- qoʻltiq noun (geography)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vịnh noun (geography)
Volapük
1 entries- lebug noun (geography)
Welsh
1 entries- gwlff noun (geography)
Yiddish
1 entries- אײַנגאָס noun (geography)
Zazaki
2 entries- zag noun (geography)
- ğalic noun (geography)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
The ship is bound for the Gulf of Mexico.
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The quarrel left a gulf between the two families.
Source: tatoeba (50685)
The 1990s began with the Gulf War.
Source: tatoeba (73265)
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