New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Google announced on Monday that it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' after it is officially updated in the US Geographic Names System. While the name change will be visible to US users, Maps users in Mexico will continue to see the name 'Gulf of Mexico' in Mexico. Users outside the two 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 shortly after taking the oath of office changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ...