Gulf of Mexico

[mek-si-koh]

Mex·i·co

[mek-si-koh]
noun
1.
a republic in S North America. 97,563,374; 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). Capital: Mexico City.
2.
a state in central Mexico. 6,245,000; 8268 sq. mi. (21,415 sq. km). Capital: Toluca.
3.
Gulf of, Mexican, Gol·fo de Mé·xi·co [gawl-faw the me-hee-kaw] . an arm of the Atlantic surrounded by the U.S., Cuba, and Mexico. 700,000 sq. mi. (1,813,000 sq. km); greatest depth 12,714 feet (3875 meters).
4.
a town in NE Missouri. 12,276.
Mexican, Mé·xi·co [me-hee-kaw] (for defs. 1, 2).
Spanish, Méjico (for defs. 1, 2).
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Gulf of Mexico definition


Part of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by the southeast coast of the United States and the east coast of Mexico.

Gulf of Mexico definition


Gulf bordered by the southeast coast of the United States and the east coast of Mexico.

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