美国总统唐纳德·特朗普声称，他亲自致电谷歌地图，要求将墨西哥湾更名为“美国湾”，并夸耀称该公司之所以照做，是因为尊重他。“我更改了墨西哥湾的名字。我打电话给谷歌地图，说：‘请这样做。’他们照我说的做，因为他们尊重我。他们真的改了。我们办完了所有手续，其他一切也都搞定了，”特朗普周三在亚利桑那州的一场集会上说道。
US President Donald Trump has claimed that he personally called Google Maps and asked it to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, boasting that the company did what he said because it respected him."I changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico. I called up Google Maps and said, 'Please do this.' They do what I say because they respect it. And they changed it. We did all the papers, everything else," Trump said at a rally in Arizona on Wednesday.
特朗普指的是他在2025年1月重返白宫、赢得第二个任期后不久发起的更名行动。谷歌表示，在美国政府正式更新地理名称数据库以反映特朗普的指令后，该公司便在其地图上更改了该名称。2025年1月20日，特朗普签署了一项名为《恢复彰显美国伟大之名称》的行政命令，指示将墨西哥湾在官方美国用途中更名为“美国湾”。
Trump was referring to the renaming he initiated shortly after returning to the White House for a second term in January 2025. Google had said it changed the name on its maps after the US government officially updated its geographic names database to reflect Trump's order. On January 20, 2025, Trump signed an executive order titled 'Restoring Names That Honour American Greatness', directing the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America for official US purposes.
随后，这一更名通过美国内政部正式落实。2025年2月7日，内政部长道格·伯格姆发布命令，要求美国地理名称委员会实施这一变更。随后，美国地质调查局更新了其地理名称信息系统（GNIS），这是联邦机构用于地理名称的官方数据库。谷歌表示，在该数据库中新增名称后，其地图应用也进行了更新，这符合其长期遵循的反映官方政府命名惯例。
The renaming was subsequently formalised through the US Interior Department. On February 7, 2025, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order directing the US Board on Geographic Names to implement the change. The US Geological Survey then updated its Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the official database used by federal agencies for geographic names. Google had said it updated Maps after the new name appeared in that database, in line with its longstanding practice of reflecting official government designations.
谷歌地图和苹果地图随后也采用了“美国湾”这一名称，不过显示的名称标签取决于用户所在地点。在美国，谷歌地图显示的是“美国湾”，而墨西哥的用户仍看到的是“墨西哥湾”。
Google Maps and Apple Maps subsequently adopted Gulf of America, although the label displayed depends on the user's location. In the US, Google Maps displays Gulf of America, while users in Mexico continue to see Gulf of Mexico.
在包括印度在内的其他国家，谷歌地图显示了这两个名称。苹果地图也在美国政府更改后采用了“美洲湾”标签。
In other countries, including India, Google Maps displays both names. Apple Maps also adopted the Gulf of America label following the US government's change.
然而，此次更改并不意味着美国已经为该水域确立了一个被普遍接受的国际名称。该水域毗邻美国、墨西哥和古巴。特朗普的行政命令要求美国机构在美国管辖的指定区域使用“美洲湾”；但该命令并不强迫墨西哥或其他国家采用新名称。
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However, the change does not mean the US has established a universally accepted international name for the water body, which borders the US, Mexico and Cuba. Trump's executive order directs US agencies to use Gulf of America for the specified area under US jurisdiction; it does not compel Mexico or other countries to adopt the new name.- Ends