gulf
/ɡʌlf/
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American sound/ɡʌlf/
gulf
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Myanmar meaning
(n) ပင်လယ်ကွေ့။ပါရှန်ပင်လယ်ကွေ့။ သဘောထားကွာဟချက်။ ပပ်ကြားအက်ကွကြောင်း။
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၁။ (က) [C] ပင်လယ်ကွေ့။ the Gulf of Mexico. (ခ) the Gulf [sing] ပါရှန်ပင်လယ်ကွေ့။ the Gulf War (ie the one fought by the USA and other countries against Iraq in 1991) ❍ the Gulf states (ie the countries with coasts on the Gulf).
၂။ ~ (between A and B) သဘောထား ကွာဟချက်။ The gulf between the two sides in the dispute is enormous.
၃။ ပပ်ကြားအက်ကွဲကြောင်း။ a yawning gulf opened up by an earth-quake.
❏ the Gulf Stream n [sing] မက္ကစီကို ပင်လယ်ကွေ့မှ အတ္တလန်တိတ် သမုဒ္ဒရာကိုဖြတ်၍ ဥရောပသို့ စီးသွားသော ရေပူစီးကြောင်း။
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bay, inlet, sound, bayou, abyss, basin, bight, breach, cave, cavity, chasm, cleft, cove, crevasse, deep, depth, depths, distance, expanse, firth, gap, gaping hole, gulch, harbor, hiatus, hole, hollow, opening, pit, ravine, rent, rift, sea inlet, separation, shaft, slough, split, vacuum, void, well, whirlpool
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