Talk:Laccadive Sea

A fact from Laccadive Sea appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 July 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the pearls of the Laccadive Sea have been praised for about 2,000 years? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/July.

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The article does not sufficiently address which of the two names, used interchangeably in the article, is preferred, or if they are equally appropriate. For clarity, one name should be utilized consistently throughout unless there is a compelling reason to distinguish, in which case that distinguishing criterion should be described. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.255.233.99 (talk) 18:28, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If India, which owns the Lakshadweep Sea, why should we continue to call it Laccadive Sea? This was the result of the inability of a colonial power that was unable or diabolically changed all Sanskrit names to anglicized versions. 98.179.85.170 (talk) 16:11, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]