On a side note, in Arabic, the Gulf, doesn't refer to the body of water, it refers to the physical land area of the GCC. So that is what the Arabian Gulf came from.

Here's a nice read though if anyone is interested.

http://www.aljazeerah.info/Editorials/2005%20Editorials/January-February...

Sorry for going off topic. Was not my intention.

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