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When did the United States claim the name ‘America’?

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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — On Labor Day, President Donald Trump posted a series of maps to his Truth Social account with the state of New Mexico relabeled as “New America.”On the first day of his second term, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” Last month,
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When did the United States claim the name ‘America’?

President Trump recently posted maps with the state of New Mexico relabeled as “New America.” But though people now use “US” and “America” interchangeably, the two weren’t always synonymous.

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When Did "America" Become Synonymous with the United States? The Story Is More Complicated, since...

A few weeks before President Donald Trump proposed renaming New Mexico "New America," he ordered Lake Ontario to be named "Lake America."

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KIFI broke the news in Idaho Falls, United States on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
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