Mexico

See also: México

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛk.sɪ.kʰəʊ/
    • (UK, less commonly) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.hi.kʰəʊ/
  • (US) enPR: mĕkʹ-sĭ-kō, IPA(key): /ˈmɛk.sɪ.kʰoʊ/
    • (US, less commonly) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.hi.kʰoʊ/
  • (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈmɛk.sɪ.ko/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Mex‧i‧co

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. 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], archived from the original on 11 January 2025:
      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.
    • 2025 January 27, David Charter, “Fafo diplomacy: How Colombia found out Trump meant business”, in The Times[2], archived from the original on 27 January 2025:
      Fafo works with small trading nations such as Colombia because US markets could quickly adapt to the greater expense of its coffee, flowers and other exports. There will be a different order of chaos, though, if Trump follows through on tariffs on the EU (17 per cent of US imports), Mexico (15 per cent), China (14 per cent) or Canada (12 per cent).
  2. (rare) Ellipsis of Mexico City: the capital city of Mexico.
  3. Ellipsis of the State of Mexico: a state of Mexico. Capital: Toluca.
    Synonym: Edomex
  4. A municipality of the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines.
    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, Tanglebarangays 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, Sasmuancities and municipalities of Pampanga
  5. A census-designated place in Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States.
  7. A town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
  9. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States.
  10. A city, the county seat of Audrain County, Missouri, United States.
  11. A town and village in Oswego County, New York, United States.
  12. An unincorporated community in Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Maryland, United States.
  13. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Walker Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  14. An unincorporated community in Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  15. A former unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, United States, now submerged under Lake Tawakoni.

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Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [meːˈʃí.ko]

Proper noun

Mexico (locative)

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

Derived terms

Danish

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. Mexico (a country in North America)

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛk.si.koː/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Mexico n

  1. Mexico (a country in North America)
  2. Mexico (a state of Mexico)
  3. ellipsis of Mexico-Stad (= Mexico City): the capital city of Mexico

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛk.si.ko/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Mexico f

  1. Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)

Interlingua

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. Mexico (a country in North America)

Latin

Proper noun

Mē̆xicō

  1. dative/ablative of Mē̆xicum

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. Mexico (a country in North America)
  2. 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.

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mexico

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

Derived terms

Romanian

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)