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-[[Image:Ptolemy-Arabian_Gulf.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The classical '''Sinus Arabicus''', from a Ptolemaic map]]
-The controversial term '''Arabian Gulf''', the subject of the [[Persian Gulf naming dispute]], may refer to the:
-* [[Red Sea]], an older name used by some European nations until the nineteenth century.
-:Classical geographers such as Claudius Ptolemaeus ([[Ptolemy]]) used the name Arabian Gulf (in Latin, ''Sinus Arabicus'') to refer to what is now known as the [[Red Sea]] (while the name Red Sea, in its ancient forms, referred to all the sea around the Arabian peninsula, as in the mariners' guide [[Periplus of the Erythraean Sea]]). By the 19th century, the old name was all-but forgotten; for example, ''Beeton's Dictionary of Geography'' (London, Ward Lock, 1868) contains the brusque entry: "ARABIAN GULF (''See'' RED SEA)".
-* Since the 1960s, starting with [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] and the proponents of [[pan-Arabism]], some Arab states have often used the name ''Arabian Gulf''<ref>[http://lexicorient.com/e.o/ LookLex / Encyclopaedia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> for the body commonly known as the [[Persian Gulf]],  even in their English publications. This is very controversial, and not commonly used outside of the Arab world, nor is it recognized by the [[United Nations]]<ref>http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/docs/escwa.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/iran.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/westasia.pdf</ref><ref>[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/gegn23wp61.pdf United Nations Experts on Geographical Names, Working Paper No. 61]</ref> and other international organizations.
-*[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team]] is a rugby team representing teams from various countries in the middle east.
-*Although the Persian Gulf is sometimes colloquially known as the "Arab Gulf", that name properly translates "[[Arabs Gulf|Khalij el-Arab]]", west of [[Alexandria, Egypt]].
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