Definition of Gulf of Tehuantepec

1. Noun. An arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico.

Group relationships: Mexico, United Mexican States, Pacific, Pacific Ocean
Generic synonyms: Gulf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulf Of Tehuantepec

Gulf of California
Gulf of Carpenteria
Gulf of Corinth
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Lepanto
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Ob
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Gulf of Siam
Gulf of Sidra
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Tehuantepec (current term)
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Venice
Gulf stream
Gullah
Gulliver
Gulliverian
Gulls
Gullstrand
Gullstrand's slitlamp
Gulo
Gulo gulo
Gulo luscus
Gulu
Gumatj

Literary usage of Gulf of Tehuantepec

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern Literary Messenger (1849)
"On the Pacific side, this Isthmus is washed by what is called the Gulf of Tehuantepec. The shores of this Gulf embrace a coast line of some 300 miles in ..."

2. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1887)
"... to determine the practicability of a ship canal by way of the Coatzacoalcos to the gulf of Tehuantepec. The objections to the route were shown to be the ..."

3. Sailing Directions for the West Coast of North America: Embracing the Coasts by James Imray and Son (1853)
"Gulf of Tehuantepec. DURING the period that this work has been going through the press, the elaborate report of the engineers engaged in the survey of the ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1857)
"There is another San Diego in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. t Not to be confounded with Cape Palmar, on the equator, in long. 80° ; nor with Cape Palmas on the ..."

5. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1911)
"Out of this bayou the cruiser rounds the shoulder of Mexico and heads North and East again into the great Gulf of Tehuantepec, a storm-ridden piece of water ..."

6. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1887)
"... to determine the practicability of a ship canal by way of the Coatzacoalcos to the gulf of Tehuantepec. The objections to the route were shown to be the ..."

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