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Original entry ↗A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. · That which swallows; the gullet. · That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. · A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea
From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”).
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