Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users

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Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Alphabet's Google said in an X post on Monday (Jan 27).  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Google Maps will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it's officially

00:09updated in the US geographic name system.

00:13That's according to a Monday post on X from Google.

00:16The change will be visible for US users, but the name will remain Gulf of Mexico in Mexico.

00:22Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps.

00:27US President Donald Trump ordered the name change as part of a flurry of executive actions

00:33hours after taking office last week, making good on a campaign promise.

00:38The Trump administration's Interior Department officially changed the name of the Gulf of

00:42Mexico to the Gulf of America on Friday.

00:46Mexicans Reuters spoke to on the Gulf Coast rejected Trump's bid to rename it last week.

00:57Google has applied the same locale-based labeling conventions to other locations subject

01:04to geographical naming disputes.

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