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For more than four centuries, the body of water stretching from Florida through Texas and into Mexico has been known as the Gulf of Mexico. But in ...

Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.

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Google said in a post on X on Monday that it had a "longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources," referring to the Geographic Names ...