Geography

What’s in a Name?

There is a proposal to rename this part of the Atlantic Ocean that we now call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Since territorial portions of this referenced body of water are claimed by more than one American country, it seems ontologically sound and reasonable that the official name should reflect that fact—which inadvertently brings us to the questionable practice of referring to our beloved USA as “America.”

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