By MEG KINNARD. President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.” ...

Retropolis The Gulf of Mexico’s long history of colonization and varying names. Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to change the name of the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America,” among a recent string of controversial suggestions to expand the U.S ...

The Gulf of Mexico has been so named at least since the late 1600s, when it was used to describe the body of water that's bordered to the north by the United States' southern coast, from Texas to ...

Google Maps now labels the Gulf of America for U.S. users, and the Gulf of Mexico for those in Mexico. This isn't the first body of water to have different names according to different countries.

The Gulf of Mexico is a 218,000-square-mile oceanic basin connected to the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean through the Florida Straits and the Yucatán Channel.

The Gulf of Mexico has appeared on maps for centuries, but geographic name changes are common throughout history. This name change has an immediate impact on U.S. federal agencies that map or ...

The Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years. The Associated Press refers to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump has chosen.

Google Maps shows the Gulf of Mexico renamed the Gulf of America after President Donald Trump’s executive order on Feb. 11, 2025. AP. The body of water has shared borders between the United ...

Mexico is suing tech giant Google for labeling the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America for U.S. users, after President Trump ordered the U.S. government to change the body of water's name, ...

Trump says he won't rule out military force to take Greenland 02:55. President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," calling the move ...