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United States of America
United States of America

Initialism of New Mexico, a state of the United States of America.


New Mexican

A native or resident of the state of New Mexico in the United States of America.

neomexicà

an inhabitant or a resident of the state of New Mexico


New Mexico

New Mexico received its name in the 1500s, long before the present-day nation of Mexico won independence from Spain and adopted that name in 1821. Though the name "Mexico" itself derives from Nahuatl, and in that language it originally referred to the heartland of the Empire of the Mexicas (Aztec Empire) in the Valley of Mexico far from the area of New Mexico, Spanish explorers also used the term "Mexico" to name the region of New Mexico (Nuevo México in Spanish) in 1563. In 1581, the Chamuscado and Rodríguez Expedition named the region north of the Rio Grande "San Felipe del Nuevo México". The Spaniards had hoped to find wealthy indigenous Mexica (Aztec) cultures there similar to those of the Aztec (Mexica) Empire of the Valley of Mexico. The indigenous cultures of New Mexico, however, proved to be unrelated to the Mexicas, and they were not wealthy, but the name persisted. Before statehood, the name "New Mexico" was applied to various configurations of the U.S. territory, to a Mexican state, and to a province of New Spain, all in the same general area, but of varying extensions.

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A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque.

A former provincial kingdom in New Spain.

A former transitional government in the United States.

A former territory of the United States.


Albuquerque

en-proper noun

Albuquerque (countable and uncountable, plural Albuquerques)

From Spanish Albuquerque, from Latin albus (“white”) + quercus (“oak”) (white oak). Compare translingual Quercus alba
* (New Mexico): From Spanish Alburquerque (a town in Spain), named after Spanish viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque (1619–1676).

named-after

Bernalillo County
Bernalillo County#English

The largest city in New Mexico, United States and the county seat of Bernalillo County.


trinitite

en-noun

trinitite (usually uncountable, plural trinitites)

atomsite

melt glasses from US nuclear bomb test sites

melt glass

minerals melted by exposure to extreme heat and vitrified

kharitonchik

melt glasses from the Soviet nuke bomb Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan

impactite

metamorphic minerals caused by meteor heating of non-meteoritic materials

impact glass

melt glasses caused by meteor heating of non-meteoritic materials

fulgurite

melt glasses caused by lightning strikes

fusion crust

metamorphic minerals on the surface of meteorites caused by atmospheric entry heating

The glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.


Land of Enchantment

United States of America
United States of America#English

The official nickname for the state of New Mexico in the United States of America.


Burqueño

Clipping of Spanish Albuquerqueño, from Albuquerque + -eño

Gomez, Adrian (2016 May 29) “New poet laureate wants fellow Burqueños to ‘appreciate what is in front of our face’”, in Albuquerque Journal, retrieved 2023-04-27: “‘I’m a Burqueño,’ he says with pride. ‘I want to represent the city the best that I can. I want to show that there’s more to this city than just Breaking Bad. The poetry community here is so strong, and we have tons of talent.’”


Cochiti

/ˈkəʊ.tʃəˌtiː/

Borrowed from Spanish Cochití, from Eastern Keres Kotyit

A people and federally recognized tribe of Pueblo Native Americans in northern New Mexico, speaking a dialect of Eastern Keres.


Cochiti

/ˈkəʊ.tʃəˌtiː/

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place and pueblo inhabited by the Cochiti people located in Sandoval County, New Mexico.


Gadsden Purchase

Named after James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

A region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla in 1854.


Picuris

Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli

A Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.


Picuris

A historic Pueblo inhabited by the Picuris people located in Taos County, New Mexico.

Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Sangre de Cristo Mountains

The Picuris Mountains, a mountain range in northern New Mexico, considered to be a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains