It's OK to call the LMC "large", because it is. But calling the SMC "small" is decidedly not. And, they're not clouds, either.
This is a unique opportunity to give these two lesser galaxies better names. The nearer one could be the "Lesser Magellanic Nebula". The far one could be the "Cryptic Magellanic Nebula". Then the LMC gets "Greater Magellanic Nebula". Andromeda may stay Andromeda, unless the San people in Botswana have a name for it that we could pronounce.
People living in the southern hemisphere for lo so many millennia knew they were there all along, before Magellan drifted past. Just "Greater Southern Nebula" etc. instead? Maybe ask the San about those too. Or the Yaghan in Tierra Del Fuego. Or Australian aboriginals. All deserve reparations.
The Small Magellenic Cloud was, heretofore, presumed to contain about 3 billion stars, vs. 30 billion for the Large Magellenic Cloud, and 100 billion stars for the Milky Way.
The Small Magellenic Cloud was, heretofore, estimated to be about 18,900 light years in diameter.
Nebula clusters are generally on the order of magnitude of a few thousand stars at most, and only hundreds of lightyears in size.
However the division of the two smaller parts of the SMC works out, I believe both deserve more than simple appelation of "nebulae."
This is a unique opportunity to give these two lesser galaxies better names. The nearer one could be the "Lesser Magellanic Nebula". The far one could be the "Cryptic Magellanic Nebula". Then the LMC gets "Greater Magellanic Nebula". Andromeda may stay Andromeda, unless the San people in Botswana have a name for it that we could pronounce.
People living in the southern hemisphere for lo so many millennia knew they were there all along, before Magellan drifted past. Just "Greater Southern Nebula" etc. instead? Maybe ask the San about those too. Or the Yaghan in Tierra Del Fuego. Or Australian aboriginals. All deserve reparations.