Gulf Stream

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the Gulf Stream

1. The warm ocean current issuing from the Gulf of Mexico, flowing northeastwards along the coast of North America to the Grand Banks where it breaks eastwards across the Atlantic Ocean and helps to maintain warm temperatures along the western coasts of the British Isles.

Translations

warm ocean current

• Arabic: تَيَّار الْخَلِيج m (tayyār al-ḵalīj)
• Belarusian: Гальфстры́м m (Halʹfstrým)
• Bulgarian: Гълфстри́йм m (Gălfstríjm)
• Catalan: corrent del Golf m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灣流 / 湾流 (Wānliú), 墨西哥灣暖流 / 墨西哥湾暖流 (Mòxīgē wān nuǎnliú)

• Czech: Golfský proud (cs) m
• Danish: Golfstrømmen c
• Estonian: Golfi hoovus
• Finnish: Golfvirta (fi)
• French: Gulf Stream (fr) m
• Georgian: გოლფსტრიმი (golpsṭrimi)
• German: Golfstrom (de) m
• Hindi: गल्फ़ स्ट्रीम (galf sṭrīm)
• Hungarian: Golf-áramlat (hu)
• Icelandic: Golfstraumurinn m
• Italian: Corrente del Golfo m
• Japanese: メキシコ湾流 (ja) (メキシコわんりゅう, Mekishiko wanryū), 湾流 (ja) (わんりゅう, Wanryū), ガルフストリーム (Garufu Sutorīmu)
• Korean: 멕시코 만류 (Meksiko mallyu), 만류 (ko) (Mallyu), 걸프 스트림 (Geolpeu seuteurim)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Golfstrømmen (no) m

  Nynorsk: Golfstraumen m

• Polish: Prąd Zatokowy m inan, Golfsztrom m inan, Golfstrom (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Corrente do Golfo f
• Russian: Гольфстри́м (ru) m (Golʹfstrím)
• Slovak: Golfský prúd m
• Swedish: Golfströmmen c
• Ukrainian: Гольфстрі́м m (Holʹfstrím)