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Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates(www.cnbc.com)

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BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world
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Weird, google maps still shows it as Kaliningrad, along with the Cyrillic spelling.

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It’s local, same as Gulf of America which is still Gulf of Mexico for me because that’s the official name here.

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BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world
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The Cyrillic still is Kaliningrad lol

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They get away with it because we never bothered to learn those moon runes.

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