MapQuest's service has also refused to change the Gulf of Mexico's name, despite Trump's executive order last month to rename it as the 'Gulf of America.'
France is a pretty weird example because most French people do call it France. But technically the country is République français, or the French Republic.
But a better example would be Germany; it’s natively called Deutschland and dozens of languages call it Allemagne or variants of that. Both Germany and Allemagne are historical names we haven’t moved on from, even though the actual country has.
What does this mean?
France is a pretty weird example because most French people do call it France. But technically the country is République français, or the French Republic.
But a better example would be Germany; it’s natively called Deutschland and dozens of languages call it Allemagne or variants of that. Both Germany and Allemagne are historical names we haven’t moved on from, even though the actual country has.
Well they call it Français, not France
That’s true of a number of places, here are two I’m familiar with: