President-elect Donald Trump suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico after the U.S. But can he really do that? Here's how place names are determined.

Trump suggests renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. So, can he do that? Here's what goes into a name.

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

President-elect Donald Trump is looking to change world maps ... of water, Google Earth uses both and designates which ...

It can be easier to change the name of a landmark or body of water is within a country's boundaries. In 2015, then-President Barack Obama approved an order from the Department of Interior to rename ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico ... map of the Western Hemisphere. Trump has repeatedly referred to Canada as the “51st State ...

Standing before a 17th-century world map in her daily press briefing ... would cause inflation and job losses for the United States and Mexico." She's taken a more concessionary tone on ...

President-elect Donald Trump is looking to change world maps ... Mexico to Cape Sable, Florida. Mexico has more miles along the coast with 1,743 miles compared with 1,680 miles for the United ...

A 1630 map called the body of water "Gulf of New Spain." The Gulf is Mexico is located in the southeastern United States. It's bordered by the United States to the north, six Mexican states to the ...

More than half of Florida's coast borders the Gulf of Mexico ... State Historical Association. It remained unnamed until the early 1540s, considered part of the "North Sea" (Atlantic Ocean). One ...