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Gadsden Purchase

Gadsden Purchase proper noun: a region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla in 1854.

Proper noun

the Gadsden Purchase

  1. A region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla in 1854.

Origin of Gadsden Purchase

Named after James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

Questions about Gadsden Purchase

What does Gadsden Purchase mean?
Gadsden Purchase means a region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla in 1854.
What part of speech is Gadsden Purchase?
Gadsden Purchase is a proper noun.

Words near Gadsden Purchase in the dictionary

  1. Gadsbys
  2. Gadsden
  3. Gadsden County
  4. Gadsden flag
  5. Gadsden flags
  6. Gadsden Purchase
  7. Gadslid
  8. gadsman
  9. gadsmen
  10. gadso
  11. Gadson

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