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Mexico

//ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 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.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Ellipsis of Mexico City: the capital city of Mexico. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, rare
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of the State of Mexico: a state of Mexico. Capital: Toluca. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  4. 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, Tangle — barangays of Mexico"

  5. 5
    A census-designated place in Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana, United States.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States.
  2. 7
    A town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
  3. 8
    An unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
  4. 9
    An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States.
  5. 10
    A city, the county seat of Audrain County, Missouri, United States.
  6. 11
    A town and village in Oswego County, New York, United States.
  7. 12
    An unincorporated community in Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Maryland, United States.
  8. 13
    An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Walker Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  9. 14
    An unincorporated community in Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  10. 15
    A former unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, United States, now submerged under Lake Tawakoni.

Etymology

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

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