Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of México English Alternative forms en Gulf of México Gulf Etymology en es 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 en gulf of Mexico. Cognate of fr golfe du Mexique. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Gulf of Mexico.wav US Proper noun 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. en Bay of Mexico obsolete Gulf of America neologism, US en Ella Nilsen Biden administration moves ahead with massive Gulf of Mexico drilling auction, weeks after approving Willow Project w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/gulf-of-mexico-drilling-lease-sale-biden-climate/index.html 2023-03-29 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429213248/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/gulf-of-mexico-drilling-lease-sale-biden-climate/index.html Related terms en Gulf Coast Gulf menhaden Gulf Stream Translations gulf between United States and Mexico Abkhaz: ab Мексикатәи аԥшаҳәа Afrikaans: af Golf van Meksiko Albanian: sq Gjiri i Meksikës definite Amharic: am የሜክሲኮ ባሕር ሥላጤ Arabic: ar خَلِيج الْمَكْسِيك m definite Armenian: hy Մեքսիկական ծոց Asturian: ast Golfu de Méxicu m Azerbaijani: az Meksika körfəzi Bashkir: ba Мексика ҡултығы Basque: eu Mexikoko golkoa Belarusian: be Мексіканскі заліў m Bengali: bn মেক্সিকো উপসাগর Breton: br Pleg-mor Mec'hiko m Bulgarian: bg Мексикански залив m Burmese: my မက္ကဆီကို ပင်လယ်ကွေ့ Catalan: ca golf de Mèxic m Cebuano: ceb Gulpo sa Mehiko Chechen: ce Мексикин айма Chinese: Hakka: hak 墨西哥灣 Me̍t-sî-kô-vân Mandarin: cmn 墨西哥灣 Mòxīgē wān Chuvash: cv Мексика кӳлмекӗ Czech: cs Mexický záliv m Danish: da den Mexicanske Golf definite Dutch: nl Golf van Mexico Esperanto: eo Meksika Golfo Estonian: et Mehhiko laht Faroese: fo Meksikoflógvin Finnish: fi Meksikonlahti French: fr golfe du Mexique m, fr golphe du Mexique m obsolete Galician: gl Golfo de México m Georgian: ka მექსიკის ყურე German: de Golf von Mexiko m Greek: el Κόλπος του Μεξικού m Haitian Creole: ht Gòlf Meksik Hebrew: he מפרץ מקסיקו m mifráts méksiko Hindi: hi मेक्सिको की खाड़ी f Hungarian: hu Mexikói-öböl Icelandic: is Mexíkófloi m Ido: io Gulfo di Mexikia Ilocano: ilo Golpo ti Mehiko Indonesian: id Teluk Meksiko Interlingua: ia Golfo de Mexico Irish: ga Murascaill Mheicsiceo f Italian: it Golfo del Messico m Japanese: ja メキシコ湾 メキシコわん, Mekishiko-wan Kabyle: kab Abagu n Miksik Kannada: kn ಮೆಕ್ಸಿಕೋ ಕೊಲ್ಲಿ Kazakh: kk Мексика шығанақ Khmer: km ឈូងសមុទ្រម៉ិកស៊ិក Korean: ko ^멕시코 만 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb کەنداوی مەکسیک Kyrgyz: ky Мексика булуңу Lao: lo ອ່າວເມັກຊິກ Latvian: lv Meksikas līcis m Lithuanian: lt Meksikos įlanka f Luxembourgish: lb Golf vu Mexiko m Macedonian: mk Мексика́нски Залив m Malay: ms Teluk Mexico Malayalam: ml മെക്സിക്കോ കടലിടുക്ക് Maltese: mt Golf tal-Messiku Manx: gv Lhoob Vexico Marathi: mr मेक्सिकोचे आखात Mazanderani: mzn مکزیکو دریامونا Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Мексикийн булан Nahuatl: nah Mexihco ayollohco, nah Ayollohco Mexihco Central Nahuatl: nhn Ayollohco Mexihco Classical Nahuatl: nci Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl Nepali: ne मेक्सिकोको खाडी Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Mexicogolfen m definite Nynorsk: nn Mexicogolfen m definite Occitan: oc Golf de Mexic m Ossetian: os Мексикӕйы бакӕлӕн Pashto: ps د مکسيکو خليج Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira خَلیجِ مِکْزیک Polish: pl Zatoka Meksykańska f Portuguese: pt Golfo do México m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਮੈਕਸੀਕੋ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ f Western Punjabi: pnb خلیج میکسیکو Romanian: ro Golful Mexic n definite Russian: ru Мексика́нский зали́в m Sardinian: sc Golfu de su Méssicu Scottish Gaelic: gd Camas Mheagsago f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мексички заљев m, sh Мексички залив m Latin: sh Meksički zaljev m, sh Meksički zaliv m Sicilian: scn Gulfu dû Mèssicu m Slovak: sk Mexický záliv m Slovene: sl Mehiški zaliv m Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb Mexiski zaliw m Spanish: es golfo de México m Swedish: sv Mexikanska golfen c definite Tagalog: tl Golpo ng Mehiko, tl Golpo ng Mexico Tamil: ta மெக்சிகோ வளைகுடா Telugu: te మెక్సికో అఖాతం Thai: th อ่าวเม็กซิโก àao-mék-sí-goo Turkish: tr Meksika Körfezi Turkmen: tk Meksika aýlagy Tzotzil: tzo golfo yu’un México Ukrainian: uk Мексика́нська зато́ка f Urdu: ur خَلِیجِ میکْسِیکو m Uzbek: uz Meksika qoʻltig, uz Meksika qoʻltigʻi Venetan: vec Golfo del Mèsego m Vietnamese: vi vịnh Mexico, vi vịnh México, vi vịnh Mễ Tây Cơ, vi vịnh Mễ, vi vịnh Mê-hi-cô Welsh: cy Gwlff Mecsico m Yucatec Maya: yua golfoil México See also en American Mediterranean Sea Caribbean Sea References Galtsoff Paul Simon 1954 Historical sketch of the explorations in the Gulf of Mexico https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/fish-bull/fb55.2.pdf#page=15 Fishery Bulletin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 55 2 15 https://web.archive.org/web/20260903040025/https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/fish-bull/fb55.2.pdf 3 September 2026 en Gulfs Mexico United States