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Donald Trump’s shallow renaming of the Great Lakes | Letters

Readers respond to the Trump administration’s decision to change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’I think too much is being made of this (Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for US users after Trump order, 2 August). It is common for geographical features straddling borders to receive different names in different jurisdictions.Consider, for example, Lac Léman and the Bodensee, La Manche and Les Îles Malouines. Wales has only recently reclaimed Yr Wyddfa and Bannau Brycheiniog, and for a reminder and…

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