[ASA Vet]

How about "Persian Sea?" Is that OK with the NIAC?

[GATOR NAVY]

The military has been calling it the Arabian Gulf for a while now. Pisses off the Iranians. Some other sources I have seen have gone to just calling it The Gulf.

[SampleMan]

There are so many waters that have different names to different people. The Sea of Japan is an example, which I believe has four official names.

[Hazwaste]

How about “Sea of Iranian Dinghies”?

[KarlInOhio]

Microsoft had a similar problem back when their timezone selector highlighted the timezone selected on a world map. The Indians or Pakistanis (or both) were pissed off about where the border between the countries and their timezones were put in Kashmir. MS just stopped highlighting on the map in the next verson.

[Greg F]

Let’s call it the “Gulf of American Victory.”

[Fiji Hill]

Arabs refer to it as the Arabian or Arab Gulf (al-khalīj-al-Arabi).

[Cacique]

I am curious, we in South America were always taught that the river separating Mexico from the US is the Rio Bravo, while Americans call it the Rio Grande. Wonder how Google names the river since south of the border it’s simply Bravo.

[nuconvert]

My guess is that Google is trying to make some Arab stockholder(s) happy

[seeker_two]

How about the “US Navy Target Range”?.....