The body of water separating Iran from the United Arab Emirates is labelled in Google Maps as the Persian Gulf for people in Canada, but as the Arabian Gulf for people in Arab countries like Lebanon.

When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long ...

The Persian Gulf located south of Iran, for example, has long been the site of controversy, with some nearby Arab countries like Saudi Arabia calling it the Arabian Gulf. Read next ...

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When should they update? Will the change affect all of the gulf, or just the US portion? Should it be reflected for everyone, or only Americans? These are some of the questions the cartographers ...

In 2012, Iran threatened to take legal action against Google over its decision to drop the term “Persian Gulf” from its Google Maps and leave the waterway between Iran and the Arabian ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week requiring the federal government to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on official maps, a move that could take ...

In 2012, Iran threatened to take legal action against Google over its decision to drop the term "Persian Gulf" from its Google Maps and leave the waterway between Iran and the Arabian peninsula ...

In 2012, Iran threatened to take legal action against Google over its decision to drop the term Persian Gulf from its Google Maps and leaving the waterway between Iran and the Arabian peninsula ...

It's official. Sort of. Google Maps posted on X it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System. The same day he ...

In 2012, Iran threatened to take legal action against Google over its decision to drop the name Persian Gulf from Google Maps and leave the waterway between Iran and the Arabian peninsula nameless.

0:45 Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America? What the US name change means for Google Maps users A week after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the U.S. to recognize the Gulf of ...