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> The name of the highest mountain in North America became a subject of dispute in 1975, when the Alaska Legislature asked the U.S. federal government to offici
by stevage 2y ago
> The name of the highest mountain in North America became a subject of dispute in 1975, when the Alaska Legislature asked the U.S. federal government to officially change its name from "Mount McKinley" to "Denali".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali%E2%80%93Mount_McKinley_naming_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali%E2%80%93Mount_McKinley_...
Excellent example of what a typical high profile name change looks like: the culmination of decades of effort in renaming. Not a few weeks.