Hormuz, Strait of
- a strait linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, which leads to the Arabian Sea, and separating Iran from the Arabian peninsula. It is of strategic and economic importance as a waterway through which sea traffic to and from the oil-rich states of the Gulf must pass.霍尔木兹海峡（连接波斯湾和阿曼湾的海峡, 通往阿拉伯海, 把伊朗与阿拉伯半岛隔开, 是通往海湾产油国家的海上必经之地, 具有重要的战略和经济地位）。