México

Variant of Mexico

Mexico definition

Mexi·co (mek′si kō′)

  1. country in North America, south of the U.S.: 759,529 sq mi (1,967,173 sq km); pop. 81,250,000; cap. Mexico City
  2. state of SC Mexico: 8,286 sq mi (21,461 sq km); pop. 9,816,000; cap. Toluca
  3. arm of the Atlantic, east of Mexico & south of the U.S.: c. 700,000 sq mi (1,812,993 sq km)
Spanish name Méjico, Mexican sp. México Mé′·xico (me′hē kō̂′)

Etymology: < Sp Méjico < Nahuatl Mexìtli, name of the war god

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