Comments on: A gulf by any other name https://languageonthemove.com/a-gulf-by-any-other-name/ Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:13:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Parisa https://languageonthemove.com/a-gulf-by-any-other-name/#comment-122561 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:13:59 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=4281#comment-122561 It’s always Persian gulf

]]> By: Wednesday Morning Minute: A Gulf by Any Other Name – BNS Global News https://languageonthemove.com/a-gulf-by-any-other-name/#comment-114416 Wed, 07 May 2025 15:15:29 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=4281#comment-114416 […] doubt, and referring to that body of water in the Middle East as the Arabian Gulf — an idea that isn’t exactly brand new or unheard of, by the way — may well carry some diplomatic and strategic […]

]]> By: David Palfreyman https://languageonthemove.com/a-gulf-by-any-other-name/#comment-2934 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:17:08 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=4281#comment-2934 I’ve experimented with the phrase “The Arab Gulf”, by which I mean not the body of water, but the ethnically Arab region bordering that body of water…

]]> By: Behnam https://languageonthemove.com/a-gulf-by-any-other-name/#comment-2785 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:23:32 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=4281#comment-2785 Just here to thank you for this great post which I heard about in your first speech in UI…

]]> By: Khan https://languageonthemove.com/a-gulf-by-any-other-name/#comment-2701 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:00:18 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=4281#comment-2701 Surprisingly new symbolic development , I think, it has always been named Persian Gulf both in maps of The Near East in Late Antiquity and also The Medieval Islamic Near East. But the key point is that the health of referent is not anyones concern!

By the way Sasanian Empire has become the target of Islamic hegemony rising from its neighbours. The change of name is symbolic.

Thanks very much indeed for the post.

Khan

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