Talk:Persian Gulf naming dispute/New version
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The the body of water separating the Arabian Peninsula from the Iranian plateau is commonly known in English and several other languages as the the Persian Gulf after the land of Persia (Iran). Recently the mass usage of the name Arabian Gulf by some Arab countries since the 1960s have created an international controversy.[1] Rivalry between Persians and Arabs, along with the emergence of pan-Arabism and Arab nationalism, has seen the name Arabian Gulf become predominant in most Arab countries.[2][3] Names beyond these two have also been used both today and historically for this body of water.