GULF OF GUINEA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A gulf off the southwest coast of Africa

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 "Gulf of Guinea"):

Bioko (an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea)

Bight of Benin (a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa)

Holonyms ("Gulf of Guinea" 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)