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BAY OF CAMPECHE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan
Synonyms:
Bay of Campeche; Golfo de Campeche; Gulf of Campeche
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 ("Bay of Campeche" is a part of...):
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
Golfo de Mexico; Gulf of Mexico (an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico)