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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.


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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He unilaterally renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and demanded the media go along with it.

From Salon

This brings wetter weather to southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico.

From BBC

Earlier work by Lowery and colleagues studying the Chicxulub crater in the Gulf of Mexico had already shown that some surviving organisms returned to the region fairly quickly after the impact.

From Science Daily

Interior this week announced $47 million in bids from a second Gulf of Mexico lease sale.

From The Wall Street Journal

For example, Mars crude from the Gulf of Mexico now trades nearly $10 a barrel above WTI, a sharp reversal from its usual discount.

From Barron's