interior mexican
/ɪnˌtɪɹiəɹ ˈmɛksək(ə)n/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative letter-case form of interior Mexican.
adj
Especially of cuisine: of or pertaining to the country Mexico itself, in contrast to Tex-Mex (“a mix of Texan and Mexican”).
American usage
Example Sentences
- "El Alma has definitely earned a regular spot in my Interior Mexican restaurant rotation; I suggest you add it to yours."
- "We also love their cochinita pibil ($11.99), Los Pinos' most traditional Interior Mexican dish. The pork comes out fork-tender with a powerful achiote and garlic kick."
- "Tony likes eating at interior Mexican restaurants because they put white cheese on their tacos, and not yellow cheese."
- "New Mexican merchants, along with interior Mexican merchants, combined to achieve economic dominance of the trade by the early 1840s, and the New Mexican sphere of trading expanded to tributaries throughout the Great American Desert."
- "It [a particular restaurant] received a glowing review in this paper four years ago, but sadly, it's been all but forgotten. With a menu that features true interior Mexican cuisine, as soon as I saw that sopas are a main course rather than an afterthought, I knew the writing was on the wall."
- "You can walk into most "authentic" or "interior" Mexican restaurants in Texas today and order conchita pibil—steamed pork (which, in southern Mexico, is cooked underground in banana leaves) with spiced sauce in a tortilla."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˌtɪɹiəɹ ˈmɛksək(ə)n/
- British English: /ɪnˌtɪəɹɪə ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/
Usage
- American usage
Synonyms
Mex-Mex