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Mexico

Syllables: Mex·i·co/ˈmɛk.sɪ.kəʊ//ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/

Mexico proper noun: 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. Also the ellipsis of Mexico City.

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Proper noun

Mexico

  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.
    • While I've gazed at the sky from my sleeping bag on isolated mountaintops in Montana and southern beaches of Mexico and seen a jazillion stars basking in the peace of the evening, only in Rishikesh do the jazillion merge upon another bajillion jazillion and seem to lay overhead thick as glittering...2016, Claire Krulikowski, Moonlight on the Ganga
    • The path to approval has been bumpiest in Washington, where Democrats in Congress have raised concerns over Mexico’s enforcement of labor rights and environmental law — and smoothest in Mexico, where the president has described the accord as a guarantee of stability for his country’s economy.2019 June 19, Elisabeth Malkin and Ana Swanson, “Mexico Ratifies Trade Deal With the U.S. and Canada”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2025
  2. A municipality of the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines.
  3. A census-designated place in Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. A town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States.
  8. A city, the county seat of Audrain County, Missouri, United States.
  9. A town and village in Oswego County, New York, United States.
  10. An unincorporated community in Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, United States.
  11. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Walker Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  12. An unincorporated community in Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  13. A former unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, United States, now submerged under Lake Tawakoni.

Also used as

Mexico is also the ellipsis of Mexico City.

Mexico is also the ellipsis of the State of Mexico.

Mexico meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Mexico in Hindi

country
मेक्सिको meksiko

Mexico in Tamil

country
மெக்சிகோ mekcikō

Mexico in Marathi

country
मेक्सिको meksiko

Mexico in Urdu

country
میکْسِیکو meksīko
More languagesFewer languages
Mexico in Bengali
মেক্সিকো mekśikō
Mexico in Telugu
మెక్సికో meksikō
Mexico in Malayalam
മെക്സിക്കോ meksikkō
Mexico in Kannada
ಮೆಕ್ಸಿಕೋ meksikō
Mexico in Punjabi
ਮੇਕਸੀਕੋ meksīko, میکْسِیکو meksīko
Mexico in Gujarati
મેક્સિકો meksiko
Mexico in Odia
ମେକ୍ସିକୋ meksiko
Mexico in Sinhala
මෙක්සිකෝව meksikōwa
Mexico in Assamese
মেক্সিকো meksikü
Mexico in Nepali
मेक्सिको meksiko
Mexico in Pashto
مېشيکو mešiko
Mexico in Tagalog
Mehiko, Meksiko
Mexico in Arabic
الْمَكْسِيك al-maksīk, الميكسيك el-meksīk, المكسيك al-maksīk
Mexico in Malay
Meksiko
Mexico in Indonesian
Meksiko
Mexico in Persian
مَکْسِیکو maksīkō, مِکْسِیکو miksīkō, مِکْزیک mekzik
Mexico in Thai
เม็กซิโก mék-sí-goo
Mexico in Vietnamese
Mễ Tây Cơ, Mê-hi-cô, Mê-hi-cô Xi-ty, México
Mexico in Myanmar
မက္ကဆီကို makka.hcikui
Sindhi
ميڪسيڪو mekseko
Dhivehi
މެކްސިކޯ mek̊sikō
Dzongkha
མེཀསི་ཀོ་ meksi ko

Synonyms of Mexico

Forms of Mexico

alternative formMéxico
alternative pronunciation-spelling (humorous)Mehico

Origin of Mexico

English Mexico Borrowed from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco, a place-name referring to the Mēxihcah (Mexica/Aztecs).

Words formed from Mexico

Phrases with Mexico

Questions about Mexico

What does Mexico mean?
Mexico means 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.
What is Mexico in Hindi?
Mexico in Hindi is मेक्सिको (meksiko). See Mexico meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Mexico?
Mexico is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mexico?
Mexico is pronounced /ˈmɛk.sɪ.kəʊ/ (UK).

Words near Mexico in the dictionary

  1. Mexicanweed
  2. Mexicanx
  3. Mexicanxs
  4. Mexicas
  5. Mexicasian
  6. Mexico
  7. Mexico Beach
  8. Mexico City
  9. Mexico City policy
  10. Mexico State
  11. Mexico-

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Mexico (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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