Gulf of Mexico

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Gulf of Mexico

25.0000°N -90.0000°W · Q12630

One English word in this atlas traces back to Gulf of Mexico. It sits in United States.

All of United States

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Gulf Streamnoun · 18th century

Well attested

The current that warms Europe is named for where it starts.

The flow emerges from the Gulf of Mexico and crosses the Atlantic. Franklin's chart of it gave the name wide currency.

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