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was forecast to move across the Gulf of Mexico and make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. As Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida ...

The Trump administration has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Denali to Mount McKinley. The Trump ...

After President Donald Trump issued an executive order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, ...

However, Trump's order only applies to the U.S. government's official position. Though headquartered in the U.S., ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.

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

But there have been more than 30 variations for the body of water we know today — and watch anxiously during hurricane season — as the Gulf of Mexico. A 1584 map uses "Mare de Nort" or "Sea of the ...

The potential name change is more likely to spread confusion than awe — especially if the same body of water is called ...