GOLFO DE MEXICO

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Golfo de Mexico; Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

gulf (an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay)

Meronyms (parts of "Golfo de Mexico"):

Galveston Bay (an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas to the south of Houston)

Gulf Coast (a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico)

Bay of Campeche; Golfo de Campeche; Gulf of Campeche (a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan)

Mobile Bay (a bay of the Gulf of Mexico; fed by the Mobile River)

Tampa Bay (an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida)

Holonyms ("Golfo de Mexico" is a part of...):

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)