Mexico City
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- proper noun
- /ˈmɛksɪkoʊ ˈsɪti/
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Ciudad de México
- So yeah, recently, the other day, I just bought a ticket to Mexico City to go for the Day of the Dead festival.
- live in Mexico City
- Mexico City metropolitan area
- Mexico City residents
I'm in Mexico City on vacation.
- I'm in Mexico City on vacation.
- He tried to break a deal with the DEA in Mexico City.
- And the reason why actually, I ultimately was born in Mexico City.
- So I went and shot my third faint film and I edited in Mexico City.
- He trains in Las Aztecas, at Las Estacas, Estac Aztecas a a river outside Mexico City where he trains.
- Oh, here's some news you guys probably heard about this massive earthquake in Mexico City.
- And I was, because I grew up in Mexico City, there was really nobody to repair guitars.
- And then and then like I didn't even last like I landed in Mexico City and like called her before I went through immigration.
- And then at least in, when I was in in Yuma, they would fly from Mexico City to Baja California on that same tourist visa.
- I I an American Airlines flight from Mexico City to Toronto, but they made me deplane in Chicago.
Examples
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The secretary of defense is in Laos, and the vice president is in Mexico City.
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Same-sex marriages have been legal in Mexico City and Coahuila since 2009.
Academic text (2011) -
You have exactly five minutes to get in your vehicle and leave Mexico City.
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Once, when I was small, we came to Mexico City for Holy Week.
Fiction book (1995) -
I need a ticket to Mexico City and then to Spain.
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Daniel wants me to go back with him - to Mexico City.
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I'm in Mexico City on vacation.
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I grew up in Mexico City, and even I knew Berklee.
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The problems related to the extraction of groundwater in Mexico City are not new.
Academic text (2008) -
I'm in Mexico City on vacation.
Synonyms
The capital and largest city of Mexico where many people live and work
The capital city of Mexico, called Mexico City, where the government and main businesses are
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name 'Mexico City' is transparently built from 'Mexico' + 'city' and will be understood by a learner who knows both words as referring to a city associated with Mexico. While knowing it is the national capital or the largest city is encyclopedic knowledge beyond composition, the basic referential meaning is directly derivable and mirrors cross-linguistic patterns (e.g., Ciudad de México), so it is transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Mexico City comes from the old Aztec name 'Mēxihco', which the Spanish turned into Mexico, and the word city was added to show it was the main town. One popular story says 'Mēxihco' was the name of the Aztec people, so the modern name keeps that ancient capital's identity and now means Mexico's large capital city.