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Mexico

/ˈmɛk.sɪ.kəʊ/ UK
/ˈmɛ.hi.kəʊ/ UK, Spanish, imitating
/ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/ US
/ˈmɛ.hi.koʊ/ Spanish, US, imitating
/ˈmek.sə.kəʉ/ Australia
/ˈmek.sə.kɐʉ/ New Zealand
/ˈmɛk.sɪ.ko/ Philippines, Scotland
/ˈmɛk.sɪ.koː/ Wales

Where it comes from

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

proper noun México · Mehico

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 c
abbreviation, ellipsis, rare Ellipsis of Mexico City: the capital city of Mexico. This extract is taken from a most interesting Relation of the Commodities of Nova Hispania, and the Manners of the Inhabitants, written at the special request of Richard Hakluyt, by Henry Hawks, who had lived five years as a merchant in Mexico. ¶ Mexico is a great city: it hath more than fifty thous
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of the State of Mexico: a state of Mexico. Capital: Toluca.
Similar: Edomex
A municipality of the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines.
A census-designated place in Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky.
A town in Oxford County, Maine.
An unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland.
An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland.
A city, the county seat of Audrain County, Missouri.
A town and village therein, in Oswego County, New York.
An unincorporated community in Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Walker Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Montour County, Pennsylvania.
A former unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, now submerged under Lake Tawakoni.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mauritius, azcapotzalco, cameroon, swaziland, mauritania, cameroonian, sweden, morocco, mexican, tenochtitlan, singapore, france, guadalajara, mongolia, mex, mexicali

Translations

Every language

name country

Español	México, Méjico, Estados Unidos Mexicanos, República Mexicana, Meshico
한국어	멕시코 Meksiko
日本語	メキシコ Mekishiko
中文	墨西哥 Mòxīgē
हिन्दी	मेक्सिको meksiko
Kiswahili	Meksiko
Português	México
Français	Mexique
Deutsch	Mexiko
Italiano	Messico
Ελληνικά	Μεξικό Mexikó
Română	Mexic
Русский	Ме́ксика Méksika
Tiếng Việt	Mễ Tây Cơ, Mê-hi-cô, Mê-hi-cô Xi-ty, México
العربية	الْمَكْسِيك al-maksīk
עברית	מֶקְסִיקוֹ meksiko

name city

Deutsch	Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko

name state

Deutsch	México, Bundesstaat Mexiko, Staat Mexiko, Edomex, EdoMex

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Chicago

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BibTeX

@misc{mexico_2026,
  title = {Mexico},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mexico},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}