Gulf of America

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. Synonym of Nakhodka Bay. obsolete
  2. Official (in the US) but internationally unrecognized name for the Gulf of Mexico. neologism
    — Siesta Key is touched on its south by Sarasota Bay and on its north by The Gulf of Mexico, which Rollie called "the Gulf of America." "It is here, in Sarasota, in the U-S-of-A, it is here legally, it is not unemployed and it does not carry a shiv or eat tacos." "It's the Gulf of America!" "I see nothing Mexican about that body of water at all."

词形变化

the Gulf of America canonical

词源

* (Nakhodka Bay): Partial calque of Russian зали́в Америка (zalív Amerika), from зали́в (zalív, “gulf, bay”) and the name of the Russian corvette Америка (Amerika) that discovered the bay.
* (Gulf of Mexico): A renaming of the oceanic basin by US president Donald Trump in 2025, although earlier uses exist.
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