Gulf of Mexico

• Gulf of México

Calque of Spanish golfo de México, first attested in 1550 on a world map held at the Bodleian Library. In widespread use since the mid-17th century, predating the independence of Mexico. Alternatively gulf +‎ of +‎ Mexico. Cognate of French golfe du Mexique.

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the Gulf of Mexico

1. A gulf to the south of the United States, to the east and north of Mexico, and to the north of Cuba.
   • 2023 March 29, Ella Nilsen, “Biden administration moves ahead with massive Gulf of Mexico drilling auction, weeks after approving Willow Project”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     A few weeks after allowing the controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska to go forward, the Biden administration is auctioning off more than 73 million acres of waters in the Gulf of Mexico to offshore oil and gas drilling.

• (gulf between United States and Mexico): Bay of Mexico (obsolete), Gulf of America (neologism, US)

• American Mediterranean Sea
• Caribbean Sea
• Gulf Coast
• Gulf Stream

• Galtsoff, Paul Simon (1954) “Historical sketch of the explorations in the Gulf of Mexico”, in Fishery Bulletin‎^[2], volume 55, number 2, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, page 15