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Article: The waterway that dare not speak its name: you might be confused about the difference between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Gulf, Don't be. They are the same thing.(LAST WORD)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
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- October 28, 2005
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GCC finance ministers have been raising Iran's refusal to allow imports of products that are labeled with the phrase Arabian Gulf. For those of you seasoned in the affairs of the region, this is a familiar dispute. Newcomers are bemused by the storm over such a seemingly petty matter.
So what is the right name for the waterway that separates the Arabian peninsula from the Iranian coast: Persian Gulf or Arabian Gulf? To find the answer, I have done some research.
The term Persian is derived from the Ancient Greek word Persikos which appears to have originated from Parsa, the name of an Indo-European people who migrated into what is now south Iran in about ...