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New Mexico

Mountain State of the SW U.S.: admitted, 1912; 121,356 sq mi (314,310 sq km); pop. 1,819,000; cap. Santa Fe: abbrev. NM, N.M., or N Mex

Etymology: transl. of Sp Nuevo Méjico

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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