Gulf
Gulf noun - A part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline.
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Straits
Straits noun - A difficult juncture.
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Finally, they subsidized Wahhabist Piracy in the Gulf and Straits of Tiran right around the time the Napoleonic British Empire was becoming involved there.
Source: Useful Notes / Saudi Arabia
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