"Gulf of America" meaning in English

See Gulf of America in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Gulf of America [canonical]
Etymology: * (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 by US president Donald Trump in 2025. Etymology templates: {{sense|Nakhodka Bay}} (Nakhodka Bay):, {{partial calque|en|ru|зали́в Америка}} Partial calque of Russian зали́в Америка (zalív Amerika), {{sense|Gulf of Mexico}} (Gulf of Mexico): Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1|head=Gulf of America}} the Gulf of America
  1. (obsolete) Synonym of Nakhodka Bay. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Donald Trump Synonyms: Amerika Bay, Nakhodka Bay [synonym, synonym-of]
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  2. (neologism) Official (in the US) but internationally unrecognized name for the Gulf of Mexico. Tags: neologism Related terms: American Mediterranean Sea Translations (Gulf of Mexico): golfe de l’Amérique [masculine] (French), golfe d’Amérique [masculine] (French), Golf von Amerika [masculine] (German), Ameríkuflói [masculine] (Icelandic), Amerikagolfen [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), golfo da América (Portuguese), Golful Americii (Romanian), golfo de América [masculine] (Spanish), golfo de los Estados Unidos [masculine] (Spanish), Golpo ng Amerika (Tagalog), vịnh Mỹ (Vietnamese), vịnh Mĩ (Vietnamese), vịnh châu Mỹ (Vietnamese), vịnh châu Mĩ (Vietnamese), vịnh Mỹ châu (Vietnamese), vịnh Hoa Kỳ (Vietnamese), vịnh Hoa Kì (Vietnamese), vịnh của Mỹ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Gulf_of_America-en-name-3pl25NRh Categories (other): English neologisms, Hot words newer than a year Disambiguation of 'Gulf of Mexico': 7 93

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