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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)

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

Mexico Synonyms

Mexico

n.

Mejico, El Pais (both Spanish), the other side of the Rio Grande, land south of the border, a sister republic, the republic to the south; see also America 1.

Mexico Quotes

In Mexico the gods ruled, the priests interpreted and interposed, and the people obeyed.In Spain, the priests ruled, the king interpreted and interposed, and the gods obeyed. A nuance in an ideological difference is a wide chasm.

—Condon, Richard

Poor Mexico, so far from God and so closetothe United States.

—Diaz, Porfirio

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