SEA OF CORTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sea of Cortes mean? 

• SEA OF CORTES (noun)
  The noun SEA OF CORTES has 1 sense:

1. a gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico

  Familiarity information: SEA OF CORTES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA OF CORTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Gulf of California; Sea of Cortes

Instance hypernyms:

gulf (an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay)

Holonyms ("Sea of Cortes" is a part of...):

Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)