What’s in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico, as it ...

Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

A commentary author writes that she is learning about the naming traditions “Denali” and other Alaska Native names for ...

The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great ...

Alaska's top lawmakers oppose Trump's plan to rename Denali back to Mount McKinley, advocating for the name that honors the region's Indigenous heritage.

President Trump's territorial assertions sparked a round of rethinking by mapmakers and teachers, snark on social media and sarcasm by at least one other world leader.

The publication said the Gulf isn’t the only body of water that carries multiple names. The Gulf of California is called the ...

President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's tallest mountain.

Oklahoma public schools will be among the first to adopt President Trump's new names for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali, America's highest mountain ...