Mexico (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. a republic in southern North America. 761,530 square miles(1,972,363 square kilometers). Capital: Mexico City.
  2. a state in central Mexico. 8,268 square miles (21,415 square kilometers). Capital: Toluca.
  3. an arm of the Atlantic surrounded by the United States, Cuba, and Mexico. 700,000 square miles (1,813,000 square kilometers); greatest depth 12,714 feet (3,875 meters).
  4. a town in northeastern Missouri.
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  1. a republic in North America, on the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific: early Mexican history includes the Maya, Toltec, and Aztec civilizations; conquered by the Spanish between 1519 and 1525 and achieved independence in 1821; lost Texas to the US in 1836 and California and New Mexico in 1848. It is generally mountainous with three ranges of the Sierra Madre (east, west, and south) and a large central plateau. Official language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Mexico City. Pop: 116 220 947 (2013 est). Area: 1 967 183 sq km (761 530 sq miles)
  2. a state of Mexico, on the central plateau surrounding Mexico City, which is not administratively part of the state. Capital: Toluca. Pop: 13 096 686 (2000). Area: 21 460 sq km (8287 sq miles)
  3. an arm of the Atlantic, bordered by the US, Cuba, and Mexico: linked with the Atlantic by the Straits of Florida and with the Caribbean by the Yucatán Channel. Area: about 1 600 000 sq km (618 000 sq miles)
Mexico (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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