, or Gueph, in Geography, a part of the ocean running up into the land through a narrow passage, or strait, and forming a bay within. As, the Gulf of Venice, or Adriatic sea; the Gulf of Arabia, or of Persia, which is the Red Sea; the Gulf of Constantinople, or the Black Sea; the Gulf of Mexico; &c.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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