gulf states

1. 1.

   a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas

   Broadergeographical area

   Part ofSouth

   PartsAlabamaFloridaLouisianaMississippiTexas
2. 2.

   the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf

   Broadergeographical area

   PartsBahrainIranIraqKuwaitOmanQatar

Questions about gulf states

What does gulf states mean?

gulf states means "a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is gulf states a common word?

gulf states is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.