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mexico

/ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/

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What does mexico mean?

proper noun

  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.
  2. Ellipsis of the State of Mexico: a state of Mexico. Capital: Toluca.
  3. A municipality of the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines.
More meanings (12)

proper noun

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

/ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈmɛ.hi.koʊ/
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In the pages of books

See this word in context.

This people must cease to hold slaves, and to make war on Mexico, though it cost them their existence as a people.
Henry David ThoreauOn the Duty of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #71
He wrote of the City of Mexico, the buildings, the people and their habits, the conditions of life which he found there.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
More book examples (3)
A report had prevailed a few months before, that the viceroy of Mexico, With the treasure ships, had put into that island.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
He was of the aristocracy of the country, his family being of pure Spanish blood, and once of great importance in Mexico.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055
We have said about all that can be said in a brief review of the prehistoric life in America north of Mexico.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873