New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Google on Monday announced that it will change the name of Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' after it is officially updated on the US Geographic Names System. While the name change will be visible to the US users, Maps users in Mexico would continue to see the name 'Gulf of Mexico' in Mexico. Users outside both the countries will see both names on the website.

"We've received a few questions about naming within Google Maps. We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources." Google wrote in a post on X.

Notably, President Donald Trump had signed an executive order soon after his oath taking ceremony, changing the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of A...