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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Gulf of Mexico

“We took something called the Gulf of Mexico, we changed it,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The threat -- which Trump backed up with a map featuring the new name -- mirrored his move to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America last year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

With sugar-white Gulf of Mexico beaches, a historic downtown and exceptional seafood, Pensacola is an outstanding choice for retirees looking for a coastal lifestyle without paying South Florida prices.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Instead, the firm agreed to reroute investment to build a LNG plant in Texas and to develop "upstream conventional oil" in the Gulf of Mexico.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

A gasket blows five thousand feet underwater beneath an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, sending millions of barrels of crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama