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GOLFO DE MEXICO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
