The United States has gone from a reluctant arbiter to a nomenclature belligerent, as President Donald Trump declared that ...

Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" highlights the politics of map naming, sparking debates, social media snark, and mixed reactions globally and domestically.

Trump suggests renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. So, can he do that? Here's what goes into a name.

Why stop at Gulf of America? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages — including a Palm Beach resort with a Spanish ...

For nearly half a century, there’s been little thought about the name Congress gave to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management ...

President Donald Trump said in his inaugural address that he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” repeating an idea he first brought up earlier this month during a news ...

US Coast Guard start using 'Gulf of America' for 'Gulf of Mexico' after Trump pushes name change - Donald Trump ordered US ...

And that maps labeling the water as the “Gulf of Mexico” go back to a time before the United States even was a country. And that changing the name isn’t going to, say, change the price of eggs.

pointing to a historical map where parts of the contemporary United States were titled “America Mexicana.” “It sounds nice, no?” she said. Even if Trump gets his name change, the rest of ...

Colonizers have always coveted the Gulf of Mexico: its trade winds, ports, fish and shellfish, its deep pockets of oil and gas far beneath a basin floor of crashed, tectonic plates.

One of his first executive orders, entitled “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness” also stated that the highest peak ...

Mexico's president sarcastically said that the U.S. should be called "Mexican America" after Trump's vow to rename the Gulf ...