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For centuries, the Gulf of Mexico has been recognized by that name—derived from the term Mexica (the Nahuatl name for the Aztecs). It began to be used on early European maps already in 1550, [1] [3] [4] and the name soon became established in international cartography and legal usage by bodies such as the International Hydrographic Organization.
The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [3] [4] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [5] It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the ...
Trump linked his decision to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to immigration. "Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country," he said.
Before President Trump, the most high-profile call to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico came from Stephen Colbert, who joked on his Comedy Central show in 2010 that the body of water should be ...
"The Gulf of America, what a beautiful name and it's appropriate." 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 ...
On January 27, 2025, the company announced that Google Maps and Google Earth would relabel both the Gulf of Mexico and Denali as soon as GNIS was updated. The gulf would appear as "Gulf of America" to users in the U.S., as Gulf of Mexico to users in Mexico, and as both names to users elsewhere, based on the Internet connection location. [85]
Google Maps has already adjusted the name of the gulf for American users. The name of the gulf is now the “Gulf of America” on the app. Apple Maps has done the same. The Trump White House is ...
It was a sly jab at President-elect Donald Trump — who a day earlier suggested that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the Gulf of America. “What a beautiful name,” Trump said. “And it’s ...