Definition of Gulf of Mexico

1. Noun. An arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico.


Definition of Gulf of Mexico

1. Proper noun. A gulf to the south of the USA and to the east and north of Mexico. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulf Of Mexico

Gulf War illness
Gulf War syndrome
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Aegina
Gulf of Akaba
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of Antalya
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of California
Gulf of Carpenteria
Gulf of Corinth
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Lepanto
Gulf of Mexico (current term)
Gulf of Ob
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Gulf of Siam
Gulf of Sidra
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Tehuantepec
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Venice
Gulf stream
Gullah
Gulliver

Literary usage of Gulf of Mexico

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1848)
"Report on Scorbutus, as it appeared on board the United States Squadron, Blockading the Ports in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Summer of 1846. By JM FOLTZ, MD, ..."

2. The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"V.—Remarks on the Gulf of Mexico, with Notes on Tampico and its Vicinity, and on the Navigation of the River Tabasco. By Mr. PETER MASTERS, ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1906)
"... most eastern mouth of Pearl river to the Gulf of Mexico," and hence Louisiana proposed, "without authority in law, to follow the deep-water channel from ..."

4. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Hailstorm in the Gulf of Mexico, March 18, 1906. ! The following communication has been received by the Meteorological Office from Mr. RG Bindley, ..."

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