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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @10:48AM (#11628705)
> the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, the utility for the Persian Gulf emirate

Curious that Bloomberg opted for the Persian, over Arabian, Gulf when referring to the United Arab Emirates.

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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by mintplant on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @10:56AM (#11628770)
> The body of water is historically and internationally known as the "Persian Gulf". Some Arab governments refer to it as the "Arabian Gulf" or "The Gulf", but neither term is recognized internationally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf

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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by mac01021 on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @12:24PM (#11629449)
Isn't "Persian Gulf" the globally recognized name of that body of water (at least in the anglophone world)?
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