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Calque of Spanish golfo de México Bodleian Library . In widespread use since the mid-17th century, predating the independence of Mexico . Alternatively gulf of Mexico French golfe du Mexique
the Gulf of Mexico
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
Abkhaz: Мексикатәи аԥшаҳәа ( Mekʼsikʼatʷʼi apŝaḥʷa )
Afrikaans: Golf van Meksiko
Albanian: Gjiri i Meksikës ( definite )
Amharic: የሜክሲኮ ባሕር ሥላጤ ( yämeksiko baḥr śəlaṭe )
Arabic: خَلِيج الْمَكْسِيك m ( ḵalīj al-maksīk ) ( definite )
Armenian: Մեքսիկական ծոց ( Mekʻsikakan cocʻ )
Asturian: Golfu de Méxicu m
Azerbaijani: Meksika körfəzi
Bashkir: Мексика ҡултығы ( Meksika qultığı )
Basque: Mexikoko golkoa
Belarusian: Мексіканскі заліў m ( Mjeksikanski zaliŭ )
Bengali: মেক্সিকো উপসাগর ( mekśikō upośagor )
Breton: Pleg-mor Mec'hiko m
Bulgarian: Мексикански залив m ( Meksikanski zaliv )
Burmese: မက္ကဆီကို ပင်လယ်ကွေ့ ( makka.hcikui panglai-kwe. )
Catalan: golf de Mèxic m
Cebuano: Gulpo sa Mehiko
Central Nahuatl: Ayollohco Mexihco
Chechen: Мексикин айма ( Meksikin ajma )
Chinese:
Hakka: 墨西哥灣 / 墨西哥湾 ( Me̍t-sî-kô-vân )
Mandarin: 墨西哥灣 / 墨西哥湾 (zh) ( Mòxīgē wān )
Chuvash: Мексика кӳлмекӗ ( Meksik̬a k̬ülmek̬ĕ )
Classical Nahuatl: Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl
Czech: Mexický záliv (cs) m
Danish: den Mexicanske Golf ( definite )
Dutch: Golf van Mexico (nl)
Esperanto: Meksika Golfo
Estonian: Mehhiko laht
Faroese: Meksikoflógvin
Finnish: Meksikonlahti (fi)
French: golfe du Mexique (fr) m golphe du Mexique m ( obsolete )
Galician: Golfo de México m
Georgian: მექსიკის ყურე ( meksiḳis q̇ure )
German: Golf von Mexiko (de) m
Greek: Κόλπος του Μεξικού m ( Kólpos tou Mexikoú )
Haitian Creole: Gòlf Meksik
Hebrew: מפרץ מקסיקו m ( mifráts méksiko )
Hindi: मेक्सिको की खाड़ी f ( meksiko kī khāṛī )
Hungarian: Mexikói-öböl (hu)
Icelandic: Mexíkófloi m
Ido: Gulfo di Mexikia
Ilocano: Golpo ti Mehiko
Indonesian: Teluk Meksiko
Interlingua: Golfo de Mexico
Irish: Murascaill Mheicsiceo f
Italian: Golfo del Messico m
Japanese: メキシコ湾 ( メキシコわん, Mekishiko-wan )
Kabyle: Abagu n Miksik
Kannada: ಮೆಕ್ಸಿಕೋ ಕೊಲ್ಲಿ ( meksikō kolli )
Kazakh: Мексика шығанақ ( Meksika şyğanaq )
Khmer: ឈូងសមុទ្រម៉ិកស៊ិក ( chhungsâmŭtrômĕksĭk )
Korean: 멕시코 만 (ko) ( Meksiko man )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کەنداوی مەکسیک ( kendawî meksîk )
Kyrgyz: Мексика булуңу ( Meksika buluŋu )
Lao: ອ່າວເມັກຊິກ ( ʼāo mek sik )
Latvian: Meksikas līcis m
Lithuanian: Meksikos įlanka f
Luxembourgish: Golf vu Mexiko m
Macedonian: Мексика́нски Залив m ( Meksikánski Zaliv )
Malay: Teluk Mexico
Malayalam: മെക്സിക്കോ കടലിടുക്ക് ( meksikkō kaṭaliṭukkŭ )
Maltese: Golf tal-Messiku
Manx: Lhoob Vexico
Marathi: मेक्सिकोचे आखात ( meksikoce ākhāt )
Mazanderani: مکزیکو دریامونا
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Мексикийн булан ( Meksikiin bulan )
Nahuatl: Mexihco ayollohco Ayollohco Mexihco
Nepali: मेक्सिकोको खाडी ( meksikoko khāḍī )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Mexicogolfen m ( definite )
Nynorsk: Mexicogolfen m ( definite )
Occitan: Golf de Mexic m
Ossetian: Мексикӕйы бакӕлӕн ( Meksikæjy bakælæn )
Pashto: د مکسيکو خليج
Persian:
Iranian Persian: خَلیجِ مِکْزیک ( xalij-e mekzik )
Polish: Zatoka Meksykańska (pl) f
Portuguese: Golfo do México (pt) m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਮੈਕਸੀਕੋ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ f ( maiksīko dī khāṛī )
Romanian: Golful Mexic n ( definite )
Russian: Мексика́нский зали́в (ru) m ( Meksikánskij zalív )
Sardinian: Golfu de su Méssicu
Scottish Gaelic: Camas Mheagsago f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Мексички заљев m Мексички залив m
Roman: Meksički zaljev m Meksički zaliv m
Sicilian: Gulfu dû Mèssicu m
Slovak: Mexický záliv m
Slovene: Mehiški zaliv m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: Mexiski zaliw m
Spanish: golfo de México (es) m
Swedish: Mexikanska golfen (sv) c ( definite )
Tagalog: Golpo ng Mehiko Golpo ng Mexico
Tamil: மெக்சிகோ வளைகுடா ( mekcikō vaḷaikuṭā )
Telugu: మెక్సికో అఖాతం ( meksikō akhātaṁ )
Thai: อ่าวเม็กซิโก ( àao-mék-sí-goo )
Turkish: Meksika Körfezi (tr)
Turkmen: Meksika aýlagy
Tzotzil: golfo yu’un México
Ukrainian: Мексика́нська зато́ка f ( Meksykánsʹka zatóka )
Urdu: خَلِیجِ میکْسِیکو m ( xalīj-i meksīko )
Uzbek: Meksika qoʻltig Meksika qoʻltigʻi
Venetan: Golfo del Mèsego m
Vietnamese: vịnh Mexico vịnh México vịnh Mễ Tây Cơ vịnh Mễ vịnh Mê-hi-cô
Welsh: Gwlff Mecsico m
Western Panjabi: خلیج میکسیکو ( xlej mekseko )
Yucatec Maya: golfoil México
