Mexico

Places

1. Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a federal republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost two million square kilometres, Mexico is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of over 113 million, it is the eleventh most populous and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world and the second most populous country in Latin America. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, its capital and largest city.
   • also known as México, Estados Unidos Mexicanos, United Mexican States, Méjico
   • founded on 16 September 1810 (205 years ago)
   • part of North America, Latin America, Americas, Mesoamerica
   • instance of: North American country / North American nation = any country on the North American continent
   • parts:
     • Yucatan Peninsula / Yucatan = a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea
     • Acapulco de Juarez / Acapulco = a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico
     • Ciudad Juarez / Juarez = a city in northern Mexico on the Rio Grande opposite El Paso
     • Ciudad Victoria = a city in east central Mexico
     • Coahuila = a state in northern Mexico
     • Culiacan = a city in northwestern Mexico
     • Victoria de Durango / Durango = a city in north central Mexico
     • Guadalajara = a city in southwestern Mexico
     • Hermosillo = a city in northwestern Mexico near the Gulf of California
     • Leon = a city in central Mexico
     • Matamoros = a city in northeastern Mexico opposite Brownsville near the mouth of the Rio Grande
     • Mazatlan = a port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean
     • Mexicali = a city in northwestern Mexico near the California border
     • capital of Mexico / Ciudad de Mexico / Mexican capital / Mexico City = the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center
     • Monterrey = an industrial city in northeastern Mexico
     • Nogales = a town in northern Mexico on the border of Arizona
     • Oaxaca de Juarez / Oaxaca = a city of southeastern Mexico
     • Orizaba = a city of east central Mexico
     • Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza / Puebla de Zaragoza / Puebla = a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau
     • Quintana Roo = a Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula
     • San Luis Potosi = a city in central Mexico
     • Santa Maria del Tule = a town in southeastern Mexico near Oaxaca
     • Tabasco = a Mexican state on the Gulf of Campeche
     • Tepic = a city in west central Mexico
     • Tampico = a port city in eastern Mexico
     • Torreon = a city in northern Mexico to the west of Monterrey
     • Tuxtla Gutierrez = a city in southeastern Mexico
     • Veracruz = a major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz
     • Villa Hermosa / Villahermosa = a city in southeastern Mexico
     • Chihuahuan Desert = a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico
     • Pico de Orizaba / Mount Orizaba / Citlaltepetl / Mt Orizaba = an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz
     • Nevado de Colima / Volcan de Colima / Colima = an active volcano in southwestern Mexico
     • Colorado River / Colorado = an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California
     • Gulf of California / Sea of Cortes = a gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico
     • Golfo de Campeche / Gulf of Campeche / Bay of Campeche = a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan
     • Gulf of Tehuantepec = an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico
     • Lower California / Baja California = a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico
     • Rio Grande / Rio Bravo = a North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico
     • Sierra Madre Occidental = a mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline
     • Sierra Madre Oriental = a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico
     • Ahuehuete / Tule tree = Mexico's most famous tree
   • member of: OAS / Organization of American States = an association including most countries in the western hemisphere
   • member: Mexican = a native or inhabitant of Mexico
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2. Mexico a.k.a. Mexico State: The State of Mexico, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Mexico, is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. It is the most populous, as well as the densest populated. It is divided into 125 municipalities and its capital city is Toluca de Lerdo.
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3. Mexico a.k.a. Mexico City is the federal district, capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole. Mexico City is the country's largest city as well as its most important political, cultural, educational and financial center.
   • also known as Mexican Federal District; DF; D.F.; México, D.F.; Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México; Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico; Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México; Mexico City Metropolitan Zone; Greater Mexico City; México; Ciudad de México; La Ciudad de los Palacios; Tenochtitlán; Distrito Federal; Distritofederal; Ciudad De Mexico; The Federal District; Cidade do México
   • founded on 13 August 1521 (494 years ago)
   • country: Mexico
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4. Mexico is a city in Audrain County, Missouri, United States. The population was 11,543 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Audrain County. The Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Audrain County. Mexico hosts the annual Miss Missouri Pageant; the winner goes on to represent the state of Missouri in the Miss America pageant.
   • also known as Mexico, Missouri; Audrain County / Mexico city
   • part of Audrain County, Missouri, United States of America
5. Mexico is a town in the northeast part of Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 5,197 at the 2010 census. The town contains a village also named Mexico. NY 104/Main Street passes through the village. NY 69 passes through the town of Mexico and comes to an end in the village, where it intersects with NY 104. U.S. Route 11 also passes through the town.
   • also known as Mexico, New York
   • part of United States of America, New York, Oswego County
6. Mexico is a first class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 146,851 people.
   • also known as Mexico, Pampanga
   • part of Philippines, Pampanga
7. Mexico is a census-designated place in Miami County, Indiana, United States. The population was 984 at the 2000 census.
   • also known as Mexico, Indiana; Miami County / Mexico CDP
   • part of Miami County, Indiana, United States of America
8. Mexico is a village in Oswego County, New York, USA. The population was 1,624 at the 2010 census.
   • also known as Mexico, New York; Oswego County / Mexico village; Mexico (village), New York
   • part of United States of America, New York, Oswego County
9. Mexico is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,681 at the 2010 census. Mexico is a small mill town for the papermaking industry.
   • also known as Mexico, Maine
   • part of Oxford County, Maine, United States of America
10. The Mexico pavilion is part of the World Showcase within Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA. Its location is next to Norway.
    • part of Orange County, 32836
11. Mexico is a census-designated place in Walker Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 472 at the 2010 census.
    • also known as Mexico, Juniata County, Pennsylvania; Mexico, Pennsylvania; Juniata County / Mexico CDP
    • part of Juniata County, Pennsylvania
12. Mexico is a census-designated place in the town of Mexico in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,946 at the 2000 census.
    • also known as Mexico, Maine; Oxford County / Mexico CDP
    • part of Maine, Oxford County, United States of America
13. Mexico is an unincorporated community in northeastern Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. Located at 40°59′11″N 83°11′36″W / 40.98639°N 83.19333°W, it lies at an elevation of 810 feet.
    • also known as Mexico, Wyandot County, Ohio; Mexico, Ohio
    • part of Wyandot County, Ohio
14. Mexico a.k.a. Mexico, Texas: Mexico is a historical unincorporated community, in Hunt County, Texas.
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15. Mexico a.k.a. Mexico, Kentucky: Mexico is an unincorporated community, in Crittenden County, Kentucky. It lies at an elevation of 495 feet.
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16. Mexico is a ghost town in Crawford County, Ohio, United States.
    • also known as Mexico, Crawford County, Ohio
    • part of Crawford County, Ohio

There are other places with in their name, like ASF Mexico, Mexico Beach, Mexico City College, New Mexico Territory, Colonias of Mexico City, University of New Mexico, New Mexico Junior College, New Mexico State University.

Business

Mexico a.k.a. BMV: The Mexican Stock Exchange is Mexico's only stock exchange. It is situated on Paseo de la Reforma, an important avenue in central Mexico City. The total value of the Domestic Market Capitalization of the BMV was calculated at US$409 billion at the end of 2010, and raised to US$460 billion by the end of June 2011, making it the second largest stock exchange in Latin America and the fifth largest in the Americas.

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Music

1. "Mexico" is the title of a 1961 instrumental recording by American bassist, orchestra leader, and Rockabilly Hall of Fame member Bob Moore. The song was written by Boudleaux Bryant. Moore was a noted session musician in the 1950s and 1960s who worked with Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Roy Orbison, and Brenda Lee, among others. The song "Mexico" is credited to Bob Moore and His Orchestra, and in the fall of 1961 it became the only single where Moore is listed as an artist to reach the Top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song peaked at #7 and spent ten weeks in the Top 40. Moreover, it reached #1 on the Easy Listening chart, remaining at the top for one week in October 1961. It reached #22 on the R&B chart. Outside the U.S., "Mexico" was a #1 hit in both Australia and Germany, and it sold over two million records worldwide. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass recorded a version of the song on their first album in 1962.
2. "Mexico" is a musical album of GusGus.
   • released on 23 June 2014
3. "Mexico" is a mini-LP and the 3rd album of the German Hard rock band Böhse Onkelz. It was released in 1985. After "Mexico" the band left Rock-O-Rama and the skinhead attitude.
   • genres: Hardcore punk, Oi!, Ska
   • released in 1985 (31 years ago)
4. "Mexico" is a single released in May 1970 by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane, produced by the band at Pacific High Recording Studios with Phill Sawyer as the recording engineer. Written and sung by Grace Slick, it is a rant against then-President Richard Nixon and his anti-drug initiative, Operation Intercept, that he had implemented to curtail the flow of marijuana into the United States from Mexico.
5. "Mexico" is a composition.
   • music and lyrics by James Taylor
6. "Mexico" is a composition.
   • music by Chris Kilmore, Brandon Boyd, Jose Pasillas & Mike Einziger
   • lyrics by Jose Pasillas, Brandon Boyd, Chris Kilmore & Mike Einziger
7. "Mexico" is a composition.
   • music by Boudleaux Bryant

Writings

"Mexico" is a novel by James A. Michener published in 1992.

• also known as "Mexico (Random House Large Print (Paper))"
• language: English Language
• genres: Children's literature, Fiction, Historical fiction, Historical novel
• subjects: History, Mexico
• released in 1992 (24 years ago)

Film

"Mexico" is a 1930 short animated film by Walter Lantz Productions, and stars Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. As of 2012, the cartoon only exist as a silent print.

• country: United States of America
• language: English Language
• directors: Walter Lantz & William Nolan
• genre: Animation
• released on 17 November 1930 (85 years ago)

Miscellanea

1. Mexico a.k.a. The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Federation of Association Football, the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is Miguel Herrera.
   • also known as Mexico Mens National Football Team, Mexico Football Team, Mexico Mens Football Team, Mexico Men's National Football Team, Mexico National Soccer Team, Mexico Men's Football Team, Mexico Men's National Soccer Team, Mexico Soccer Team, Mexico Mens National Soccer Team, Mexico Mens Soccer Team, Mexico Men's Soccer Team, El Tri, El Tricolor
2. Mexico a.k.a. The federal government of Mexico is the national government of the United Mexican States, the central government established by its constitution to share sovereignty over the republic with the governments of the 31 individual Mexican states and one Federal District, and to represent such governments before international bodies such as the United Nations. Similar to the federal government of the United States of America, the Mexican federal government has three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Through the system of separation of powers each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its own authority is regulated by the other branches. The seat of the federal government is in the Distrito Federal, or simply, "D.F." Mexico's government takes place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a congressional system, whereby the President of Mexico is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party electoral system.
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3. Mexico is an elimination-style dice game, in which several players agree to play a set number of rounds. After each round, one player is eliminated. When all players but one have been eliminated, the remaining player wins the game. Owing to its extremely simple play-structure, it is generally pursued as a method of gambling, whereby the final remaining player wins the amount of money wagered by each person who was eliminated in earlier rounds. A variant of the drinking game liar's dice known as Mexican or Mia uses similar dice rolls, but has very different game mechanics.
4. Mexico was a barque that was wrecked off Southport on 9 December 1886. She was repaired only to be lost in Scottish waters in 1890.
5. Mexico is a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1966.
   • begun on 25 April 1966 and completed on 16 May 1966 (49 years ago)
   • 4 episodes of 30 minutes each
   • country: Canada
6. Mexico a.k.a. ¡México! is a 2010 album of Mexican standards sung by Rolando Villazón with the UK-based Bolívar Soloists and released on DG. Arrangements for chamber ensemble were made by the Venezuelan musician, Gonzalo Grau, leader of the timba band, La Clavé Secreta, and the Venezuelan flautist and composer Efraín Oscher.

Phrases with Mexico

Phrases starting with the word Mexico:

1. Mexico litoralis
2. Mexico morrisoni
3. Mexico Ambersnail

Phrases ending with the word Mexico:

1. new mexico
2. Genus Mexico
3. Sycon Mexico
4. Grantia Mexico
5. gulf of mexico
6. golfo de mexico
7. capital of mexico

Other phrases containing the word Mexico:

1. New Mexico Rush
2. New Mexico Agave
3. New Mexico Dalea
4. New Mexico Maple
5. New Mexico Muhly
6. New Mexico Olive
7. New Mexico Shrew
8. New Mexico Locust
9. New Mexico Lupine
10. New Mexico Walnut

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Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Mexico

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Global Environmental Risk (2013)

by Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson

Mexico is an important place to study the social causes and consequences of environmental change, in both the international and North American context ( Liverman 1992). Mexico is a significant producer of greenhouse gases, ranking as high ...

International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 1995 (1995)

by DIANE Publishing Company

Summary Mexico is a major source country for marijuana and heroin available in the U.S. and is the rincipal transit route for cocaine entering the U.S. It is also a major money aundering center. It is therefore critical to U.S. drug control efforts.

Freud's Mexico (2010)

Into the Wilds of Psychoanalysis by Rubén Gallo

Freud's Mexico is a completely unexpected contribution to Freud studies.

In Company (2004)

An Anthology of New Mexico Poets After 1960 by Lee Bartlett, Dianne Edenfield Edwards

New Mexico is a borderline place perfect for a borderline art form which takes from everything and then reassembles its deconstructed worlds into myriad new ones. These poems are a few tentative maps to and through these strange new ...

Golf Resorts in Cancœn, Puerto Vallarta, Baja and Beyond (2011)

by Jim Nicol

Mexico is a country of some 760,000 square miles, bordered on the north by the United States, on the south by Guatemala and Belize, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the majestic Pacific Ocean.

Smart Power (2008)

Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America by Ted Galen Carpenter

Mexico is a key player in Washington's war on drugs. Unfortunately, the country is looking more and more like a 1980s Colombia—only this time, the corruption, violence and terror surrounding the drug trade are right next door. To ward off ...

Contemporary Mexican Politics (2012)

by Emily Edmonds-Poli, David A. Shirk

Today, Mexico is an emerging democracy, with the twelfth largest economy in the world. No other country has as...

As a result, from architecture to food to language, Mexico is a unique amalgamation of various traditions and cultural influences ...

Cooking the Mexican Way (2001)

Revised and Expanded to Include New Low-fat and Vegetarian Recipes by Rose Coronado

Mexico is a large, rich, and culturally diverse country.

Encyclopedia of Modern Mexico (2002)

by David W. Dent

Modern Mexico is a complex nation with a history of authoritarian rule, foreign intervention, class and ethnic conflict, economic dependency, diplomatic blunders, and a constant struggle for greater equality and social justice. Since the middle ...

Exporters' Encyclopaedia (1920)

Mexico Tchorlu ........ ----------... Turkey Tiehling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . China...

Mexico Tierra del Fuego . . . . . . . . . . Argentina Tecolutia .................... Mexico Tiflis . ... Mexico Tilton Harbor . . . . . . . . . Newfoundland Tehuantepec ----------------.

Dictionary of Mexican Rulers, 1325-1997 (1997)

by Juana Vázquez Gómez

Industrializacion y desarrollo agricola en Mexico, Mexico: Univ- ersidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco Editorial Plaza y Valdes, 1989, 203 pp. Agustin, Jose. Tragicomedia Mexicana 2. Mexico: Editorial Planeta Mexicana, S.A. deC.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Southeast Asia (1998)

by Bruno Nettl, Terry E. Miller, Ruth M. Stone, Sean Williams

Mexico is often seen as a land with a varied topography and at least three cultural identities — native pre-Columbian, Spanish colonial, and modern mestizo — but in reality it is much more complex and varied. Contemporary native Mexican ...

A Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs (1987)

by Mark Glazer

Rubio Mexico Santamaria Mexico Sbarbi Spain Vasquez Texas Velasco Mexico. Adame Alcala Aranda Armas Arora Ballesteros Benavides Caballero California Spanish ...

Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from World War I through World War II (2010)

by Martin Folly, Niall Palmer

3 November: United States demands V ictoriano Huerta resign and leave Mexico. 17 November: First vessel passes through Panama Canal. 1914 27 January: US. Marines land in Haiti. 1 April: Civil govemment established in the ...

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Sign language

A New Type of Sign Language Education in Mexico

A center in the southern Mexical state of Oaxaca has developed a dynamic social inclusion model of teaching sign language that uses innovative new media in ...

Quotes about Mexico

It had been almost 30 years since the LPGA has played in Mexico. We are definitely looking forward to playing there next year and also coming back to play in Mexico in a month or so. (Natalie Gulbis)
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Scrabble value of M₃E₁X₈I₁C₃O₁

The value of this 6-letter word is 17 points, but it's not an accepted word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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