ðɪ ˈoʊld nˈeɪm "ɡˈʌlf ʌv ɐmˈɛɹɪkə" wʌz əfˈɪʃəli tʃˈeɪndʒd ˌɪntʊ ɡˈʌlf ʌv nˈækhɑːdkə ɪnðə hˈiːt ʌvðə kˈoʊld wˈɔːɹ ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z, ˈoʊnli bɪkˈʌz ɪt sˈaʊndᵻd æz ɪf ɪt wʌz nˈeɪmd ˈæftɚ ðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts.
The old name "Gulf of America" was officially changed into Gulf of Nakhodka in the heat of the Cold War in the late 1970s, only because it sounded as if it was named after the United States.