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hbossy on Jan 28, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Maps in the US Will Change to Gulf of Ameri...

Local, traditional name and the official name requested by the country embassy. For example at one point Birma changed it's name to Mjanma. It looks like this https://postimg.cc/zHYKb3DF

oneeyedpigeon on Jan 28, 2025 [–]

I think that, because it's an international body of water, there IS no "official" name.

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