"Having the name associated with the country is good PR, but it's also a matter of patriotic pride," says David Rain, a ...

Google Maps labels the water body “Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf)”. The sea that is bound by Japan and the Korean Peninsula is called the Sea of Japan by Japan, while both North and South Korea ...

The US Department of the Interior confirmed the updates, stating that America’s Geographic Names System ... the term “Persian Gulf” from its maps, leaving the waterway between Iran and the Arabian ...

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Washington: Google has said it will restore the name Mount McKinley to North America's highest peak and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" on its Maps app, complying with executive ...

Following the order, the US Department of the Interior said the name changes were official and America's Geographic ... Google Maps and leave the waterway between Iran and the Arabian peninsula ...

Google Maps, which is owned by tech giant Alphabet, will make a similar change with Mount McKinley once it is officially updated in the US Geographic ... Iran and the Arabian peninsula nameless.

Google said the changes align with its policy of following official US government geographic ... from its Google Maps and leave the waterway between Iran and the Arabian peninsula nameless.

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic ... and the Arabian peninsula nameless.