Many places in the United States are named after countries and foreign cities, despite having no direct connection to them.

Our exhaustive search of American place names discovered that one country has been a shockingly dominant source of ...

Google changed the name of the large body of water on Google Maps this week after the Geographic Names Information System altered the name in response to President Donald Trump's executive order ...

Mexico is threatening to sue Google after the platform changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its online maps, a move the tech company said aligns with its longstanding policies on ...

Sarasota, United States - January 28, 2025 In the U.S., the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has officially updated “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America.” People using Maps in ...

The U.S. Geographic Names Information System officially updated the name late Sunday. Microsoft has also made the name change on its Bing maps. The Associated Press, which provides news around the ...

The U.S. Geographic Names Information System officially updated the name to the Gulf of America late Sunday, according to The Associated Press. Google Maps and Bing Maps have also renamed the gulf ...

On Tuesday (11/2/2025), they changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America after the renaming was officiated by the US Geographic Names Information System. The last replacement was ...