New Mexico
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- proper noun
- /nuː ˈmɛksɪkoʊ/
- I plan to visit New Mexico this summer to explore its national parks.
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- University of New Mexico
- northern New Mexico
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Watch on YouTubeAnd we realised that we were in an RV in New Mexico and we got Breaking Bad on DVD.
- And we realised that we were in an RV in New Mexico and we got Breaking Bad on DVD.
- You are on an upwardly mobile trajectory and you find yourself in New Mexico on a business trip.
- Now, There's a lot of Mexican women and a lot of women in New Mexico doing arson.
- Ocean Brock, As a tall leader, you remain resolute, towering into the empty New Mexico sky.
- The researchers did not test a nuclear bomb, but instead blew up a small part of New Mexico.
- Teresa Teresa talks about like by location or there's a connection with her and New Mexico.
- And according to one of the victims, she was molested by two former governors of New Mexico.
- But we were able to shoot, you know, I think at least a day less here than than in New Mexico.
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This is Lieutenant Esteridge with the New Mexico State Police Department.
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So it was in New Mexico when they exploded the first atomic bomb.
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And we came up with the idea for me to move out to New Mexico to live with my sister.
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We're just gonna leave and go to New Mexico?
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" I could go back through New Mexico, explore, " she said.
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Dear Diary, New Mexico is brown and flat.
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You know the Very Large Array in New Mexico?
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I'm on my way to New Mexico now.
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I'm coming from New Mexico.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, some many, many years later.
Synonyms
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Short form for the US state New Mexico
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Official nickname for the US state of New Mexico about its beautiful land and rich culture
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name is compositionally built from 'new' + 'Mexico' and directly signals a geographic entity related to Mexico, so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it refers to a place associated with Mexico. Place‑naming with 'New X' is cross‑linguistically common, so the referential meaning (a region/place) is transparent even if the specific political status (a U.S. state) may require world knowledge.
Etymology
New Mexico: The place name New Mexico comes from Spanish explorers who called the area 'Nuevo México' because they saw it as a New Mexico north of Mexico. That's why today New Mexico is the name of a U.S. state that borders Mexico.