GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf of Tehuantepec mean? 

• GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC (noun)
  The noun GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC has 1 sense:

1. an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico

  Familiarity information: GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arm of the Pacific in southern 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)

Holonyms ("Gulf of Tehuantepec" is a part of...):

Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)