mexico city
/ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ sɪɾi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The capital city of Mexico.
name
The Mexican government.
Example Sentences
- "I went to Mexico City on April 15, 1966, to unveil a statue of Abraham Lincoln, who had been a contemporary of Mexican leader Benito Juarez and was revered in Mexico, as in so many other nations."
- "The writer Juan Rulfo, whose 1955 novel, “Pedro Páramo,” still stands as the central monument of modern Mexican literature, grew up in Jalisco and vividly depicted its arid, sun-blasted landscapes in his writing, while the architect Luis Barragán, who moved from Guadalajara to Mexico City in the 1930s, carried with him an appreciation for his home state’s cloisters, haciendas and humble country buildings, which he translated in his own work as austere, inscrutable volumes of stucco."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ sɪɾi/
- British English: /ˈmɛk.sɪ.kəʊ sɪti/
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
chilango