mexico
/ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
Meaning
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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.
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Ellipsis of Mexico City: the capital city of Mexico.
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Ellipsis of the State of Mexico: a state of Mexico. Capital: Toluca.
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A municipality of the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines.
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A census-designated place in Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States.
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A town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
Example Sentences
- "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 ceiling tiles."
- "The path to approval has been bumpiest in Washington, where Democrats in Congress have raised concerns over Mexico’s enforcement of labor rights and environmental law — and smoothest in Mexico, where the president has described the accord as a guarantee of stability for his country’s economy."
- "Fafo works with small trading nations such as Colombia because US markets could quickly adapt to the greater expense of its coffee, flowers and other exports. There will be a different order of chaos, though, if Trump follows through on tariffs on the EU (17 per cent of US imports), Mexico (15 per cent), China (14 per cent) or Canada (12 per cent)."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: Mēxihco
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/
- British English: /ˈmɛk.sɪ.kəʊ/