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Mexico

See also: México

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco, a place-name referring to the Mēxihcah (Mexica/Aztecs).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛk.sɪ.kəʊ/
    • (UK, less commonly) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.hi.kəʊ/
  • (US) enPR: mĕkʹ-sĭ-kō, IPA(key): /ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/
    • (US, less commonly) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.hi.koʊ/
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  • Hyphenation: Mex‧i‧co

Proper noun

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Mexico

  2. A country in North America, located south of the United States, and northwest of Guatemala and Belize from Central America. Official name: United Mexican States.
    • 2016, Claire Krulikowski, Moonlight on the Ganga:
      While I've gazed at the sky from my sleeping bag on isolated mountaintops in Montana and southern beaches of Mexico and seen a jazillion stars basking in the peace of the evening, only in Rishikesh do the jazillion merge upon another bajillion jazillion and seem to lay overhead thick as glittering ceiling tiles.
    • 2019 June 19, Elisabeth Malkin and Ana Swanson, “Mexico Ratifies Trade Deal With the U.S. and Canada”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      The path to approval has been bumpiest in Washington, where Democrats in Congress have raised concerns over Mexico’s enforcement of labor rights and environmental law — and smoothest in Mexico, where the president has described the accord as a guarantee of stability for his country’s economy.
  3. (rare) Ellipsis of Mexico City, the capital city of Mexico.
  4. Ellipsis of State of Mexico, a state of Mexico. Capital: Toluca.
    Synonym: Edomex
  5. A municipality of the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines.
     Mexico, Pampanga on Wikipedia
    Meronyms: Acli, Anao, Balas, Buenavista, Camuning, Cawayan, Concepcion, Culubasa, Divisoria, Dolores, Eden, Gandus, Lagundi, Laput, Laug, Masamat, Masangsang, Nueva Victoria, Pandacaqui, Pangatlan, Panipuan, Parian, Sabanilla, San Antonio, San Carlos, San Jose Malino, San Jose Matulid, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Miguel, San Nicolas, San Pablo, San Patricio, San Rafael, San Roque, San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Santo Domingo, Santo Rosario, Sapang Maisac, Suclaban, Tangle — barangays of Mexico
    Coordinate terms: Apalit, Arayat, Bacolor, Candaba, Floridablanca, Guagua, Lubao, Mabalacat, Macabebe, Magalang, Masantol, Mexico, Minalin, Porac, San Fernando, San Luis, San Simon, Santa Ana, Santa Rita, Santo Tomas, Sasmuan — cities and municipalities of Pampanga
  6. A census-designated place in Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States.
  8. A town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
  9. An unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
  10. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States.
  11. A city, the county seat of Audrain County, Missouri, United States.
  12. A town and village in Oswego County, New York, United States.
  13. An unincorporated community in Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Maryland, United States.
  14. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Walker Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  15. An unincorporated community in Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  16. A former unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, United States, now submerged under Lake Tawakoni.

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See also

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countries in North America (appendix)edit
Divisions of the United Mexican States in English (layout · text)
States: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
Autonomous city: Mexico City

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Mexico (locative)

  1. Mexico (a country in North America)
  2. México (a state of Mexico)

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Danish

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Mexico

  2. Mexico (a country in North America)

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco, q.v.

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Mexico n

  2. Mexico (a country in North America)
  3. Mexico (a state of Mexico)
  4. Ellipsis of Mexico-Stad, Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico).

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Mexico f

  2. Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)

Interlingua

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Mexico

  2. Mexico (a country in North America)

Latin

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Mē̆xicō

  1. dative/ablative of Mē̆xicum

Norwegian Bokmål

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Mexico

  2. Mexico (a country in North America)
  3. a neighborhood of Orkland, south of Løvby in southern outskirts of Løkken Verk
    • 2024, Bjørg Marie Aas Blakstad, Mellom tårn og djupe hull:
      Det kom opp nye boliger i Trongbakken og videre sydover (...) Lengst oppe kalte folk det Mexico.
      New houses were (built) in Trongbakken and further up in the south (...) Furthest up it was called Mexico.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Mexico

  2. Mexico (a country in North America)
  3. a neighborhood of Trøndelag, south of Løvby in southern outskirts of Løkken Verk

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Romanian

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Mexico

  2. Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)
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