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Trump’s Lake America Plan | Monroe Louisiana News
Trump’s latest geographic stunt—proposing to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America”—isn’t just a quirky tweet; it’s part of a long history of presidential name changes, like the Gulf of Mexico becoming the Gulf of America. But while the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) handles official naming, their decisions don’t dictate global usage. International names stick—like Myanmar vs. Burma or the contested South China Sea—showing how geography is as much about politics and habit as it is about maps. So, will “Lake America” catch on? Probably not. The world keeps calling it what it’s always…
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