Florida Strait

American  

noun

1. a strait between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas, connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.

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Example Sentences

It curls up through the Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba, into the Gulf of Mexico, and then swings back out through the Florida Strait south of Florida as the Florida Current, where it becomes the main contributor to the Gulf Stream.

From Scientific American

“The Florida Strait was likely a geographic barrier for the species, and now that it has crossed that barrier, Aedes scapularis could potentially spread further northward and westward to fill any contiguous areas that are environmentally suitable,” Reeves told Entomology Today.

From Washington Post

On both sides of the Florida Strait, social media networks - more and more accessible in Cuba as it increases its previously limited connection to the internet - exploded with mirthful memes against Mr García Frías' suggestions.

From BBC

When Nyad swam from Havana to Key West through the Florida Strait in 2013, one of the songs that looped in her salt-soaked brain was Alex Cuba’s “Si Pero No,” the lyrics of which roughly translate to, “Yes but no. No but yes.”

From Washington Post

In 2003, for the 25th anniversary of the symbol, he built his largest flag yet — stretching across Key West from the Gulf of Mexico to the Florida Strait.

From Los Angeles Times