Gulf (disambiguation)

A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into a landmass.

Gulf or the gulf may also refer to:

Places

  • Gulf, California, an unincorporated community in Kern County
  • Gulf, North Carolina, a census-designated place in Chatham County
  • Gulf Country, the region surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria
  • Gulf Province, a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast
  • Gulf Freeway, portion of Interstate 45 highway in Houston, Texas
  • Persian Gulf, often called simply "The Gulf"

Arts and media

Businesses and organizations

  • Gulf Air, the principal flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Gulf FM (disambiguation), various radio stations
  • Gulf High School, a four-year public high school in New Port Richey, Florida
  • Gulf Oil, a major oil company from 1901–1985
    • Gulf Canada, a major Canadian oil company since 1906, a subsidiary of Gulf Oil
    • JWA Gulf, a Gulf Oil-sponsored motor racing team of John Wyer in the 1960s and 1970s
  • Gulf Power Company, an American investor-owned electric utility
  • Gulf and Western Industries, an American conglomerate
  • Global University Leaders Forum, an organization within World Economic Forum
  • Gulf News, a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai

Other uses

  • Gulf house, a type of farmhouse that emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries in North Germany
  • Gulf of evaluation, the degree to which a computer system provides representations that can be directly perceived and interpreted in terms of the expectations and intentions of the user
  • Gulf of execution, a term usually used in human computer interaction to describe the gap between a user's goal for action and the means to execute that goal

See also

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