gulf war

Noun gulf war has 2 senses

• gulf war(n = noun.act) persian gulf war - a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991;
is a kind of war, warfare
has parts: operation desert storm

• gulf war(n = noun.act) iran-iraq war - a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution;
is a kind of war, warfare