Gulf of Mexico

¹ Cultural  

1. Part of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by the southeast coast of the United States and the east coast of Mexico.

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Gulf of Mexico ² Cultural  

1. Gulf bordered by the southeast coast of the United States and the east coast of Mexico.

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Example Sentences

She was born, possibly of noble lineage, in what is now Mexico’s Veracruz state, along the Gulf of Mexico, in approximately 1500.

From Los Angeles Times

“Our current projection models show Reuben possibly hitting the Florida Keys and heading west, into the Gulf of Mexico, the way Katrina did in 2005 on its way to New Orleans,” Maria Martinez said.

From Literature

They include tanker owner AET, which commissioned batteries for a vessel that will shepherd bigger ships into the Gulf of Mexico, which the U.S. now calls the Gulf of America.

From The Wall Street Journal

The agency preventively closed an extensive swath of airspace extending 1,600 nautical miles from the launch site, across the Gulf of Mexico and through part of the Caribbean.

From Salon

HOUMA, La. — For nearly 50 years, James Blanchard has made his living in the Gulf of Mexico, pulling shrimp from the sea.

From Los Angeles Times