Mexico
- 1A country in North America, south of the United States and northwest of Guatemala and Belize, officially called the United Mexican States.
Mexico is home to ancient pyramids built by the Aztec and Maya peoples.
Spanish is the most widely spoken language in Mexico.
Note
Like most country names, it readily stands for the nation's government: news writing has Mexico ratifying a trade deal or answering for its enforcement of labor rights and environmental law.
- 2Short form of Mexico City: the capital city of Mexico.
UsageEnglish usually says Mexico City in full, since plain Mexico suggests the country.
- 3Short form of the State of Mexico: a state of Mexico, with its capital at Toluca.
Mexico surrounds much of the nation's capital and has its seat of government in Toluca.
Of all the Mexican states, Mexico has the most people, and its capital is Toluca.
UsageUsually the State of Mexico in full, since plain Mexico suggests the country.
Less common meanings
- 4A city in Missouri that serves as the county seat of Audrain County.
- 5A town and village located in Oswego County, in the state of New York.
- 6A town in Oxford County, in the state of Maine.
- 7A community in Indiana, in Jefferson Township of Miami County, that the census treats as a distinct place.
- 8An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, in Walker Township of Juniata County, that the census treats as a distinct place.
- 9A municipality in the Philippines, in Pampanga province in the Central Luzon region.
- 10An unincorporated community in Montour County, Pennsylvania.
- 11An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky.
- 12An unincorporated community in Allegany County, in the state of Maryland.
- 13An unincorporated community in Carroll County, in the state of Maryland.
- 14An unincorporated community in Ohio, in Tymochtee Township of Wyandot County.
- 15An unincorporated farming community in Hunt County, Texas, close to the shore of Lake Tawakoni.
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Origin
The name refers to the Mēxihcah, the people also called the Mexica or Aztecs. In Classical Nahuatl the place was Mēxihco, which Spanish turned into México, and English took the name from Spanish.