Russia is remaking Mariupol, which was devastated by a brutal siege in 2022. Ukrainians seeking to move back are finding it hard to recognize the city, or to reclaim their property.
Tag: Names, Geographical
Can Trump Rename the Persian Gulf?
His suggestion to call the body of water the “Arabian Gulf” has apparently done the impossible: Unite Iranians.
‘The Gulf of America’? Here’s What Mexicans and Cubans Think.
Following President Trump’s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, at least in the United States, Mexicans and Cubans expressed annoyance, defiance, confusion and even amusement.
Can Trump Change the Name of the Gulf of Mexico?
Presidential naming powers usually stop at the water’s edge.
Indonesian Tribe Adopts Korean Hangul to Preserve Ancient Cia-Cia Language
The Cia-Cia language has been passed down orally for centuries. Now the tribe’s children are learning to write it in Hangul, the Korean script.
An English Town Drops Apostrophes From Street Signs. Some Aren’t Happy.
The move has prompted some resistance, with someone writing an apostrophe on a sign for St. Mary’s Walk. “What’s next?” one North Yorkshire resident asked. “Commas?”
G20 Invitation Called India ‘Bharat,’ Setting Off Debate
Group of 20 leaders who’ll meet in India got a letter from the “President of Bharat,” a politically charged name for the country that’s popular with Hindu nationalists.
For the State Department, Now It’s Türkiye, Not Turkey
The department will use the Turkish-language spelling in “most formal, diplomatic, and bilateral contexts” after a request from the country’s embassy, a spokesman said.
When Did the Anthropocene Start? Scientists Closer to Saying When.
A panel of experts has spent more than a decade deliberating on how, and whether, to mark a momentous new epoch in geologic time: our own.
Could New Zealand Change Its Name?
A petition before Parliament asks that the country be called “Aotearoa,” which loosely translates from Maori as the “land of the long white cloud.”