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Mexicali

Mexicali

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A city in northwestern Mexico on the border with California, United States
  • proper noun
  • /mɛksɪˈkɑli/
: Mexicali
  • Other large cities, such as El Paso, Laredo, and McAllen, Texas, and Agua Prieta, Ciudad Juarez, and Mexicali, Mexico, are increasingly joined in common projects and are booming on both sides of the border.
  • Mexicali Valley
  • Chinese in Mexicali
  • Chinatown in Mexicali

Another guy in Mexicali at the border, we met, we follow the the route.

Examples

  • Especially after 1915, an increasing number of Chinese migrated to Mexicali from the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Seventy years later, a Chinese community abides in Mexicali.

    Academic text (1995)

  • You want me to take the side road down to Mexicali, the border..

    Five Thirteen (2013)

  • Of all of the places in Mexicali that you could have picked, this is probably the worst.

    Act of Valor (2012)

  • The Chinese in Mexicali are a compelling case in point.

    Academic text (1995)

  • In 1925, Mexicali was prospering.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The jobs went south to Mexicali, Mexico, after the NAFTA liberalizations of the 1990s.

    Blog text (29)

  • Chinatown arose in Mexicali with the establishment of the city as a municipality in 1903.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Although La Chinesca may not be as vibrant as it once was, it remains the pivot of Chinese life in Mexicali, with more than twenty Chinese restaurants and many other Chinese businesses, professional offices, and social organizations.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Chinatown arose in Mexicali with the establishment of the city as a municipality in 1903.

Surface Forms

Mexicali main

Etymology

Mexicali is a blend of Mexico and California, and the name shows the city's location right on the border between the two places.