eli5:How come Gulf of Aden is known as a gulf where as Red Sea is a sea ?

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eli5:How come Gulf of Aden is known as a gulf where as Red Sea is a sea ?

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Seas are parts of oceans that are largely or almost completely surrounded by land. The Mediterranean and the Red Sea are an example. A less surrounded one is the North Sea.

Gulfs are indentations on the land though, as if the ocean has pushed the land inward. Gulf of Mexico is a prime exanple.

Personally I think the Persian gulf should be a sea.