Federal officials changed the names of two natural features in Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Thursday, replacing arbitrary and ...

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A brand new interactive map reveals the most notable people from each region of the world.

But even seemingly simple names can still prove to be tricky. Word puzzle advice site WordFinderX compiled a list of the most frequently mispronounced first names around the world.

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.

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Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps.

On the map - generated using Google search data - country names have been supplemented with their residents' most-searched-for bucket-list experience.

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The complicated business of changing digital map names and boundaries Google says it will comply with President Trump’s order to change the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America,” on ...

Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali on its maps for users in the U.S. following President Trump's controversial executive order.