English word senses marked with place category "Mexico"

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Total 66 word senses

• Aztec (Proper name) A city, the county seat of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
• Aztec Empire (Proper name) An alliance of three Nahua altepetl city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan.
• Aztequism (Noun) A word or phrase borrowed from the Aztec language.
• Coahuila y Tejas (Proper name) A former constituent state of the United Mexican States, part of which revolted and became the Republic of Texas, the rest stayed and remained as Coahuila. Official name: Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila y Tejas.
• Cristero (Noun) a supporter of the anti-secular side during the Cristero War in Mexico
• Gadsden Purchase (Proper name) 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.
• Gulf of California (Proper name) a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland
• Gulf of Mexico (Proper name) A gulf to the south of the United States, to the east and north of Mexico, and to the north of Cuba.
• Laredo (Proper name) A large city, the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States.
• MIKT (Proper name) Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, (South) Korea, Turkey.
• MINT (Proper name) Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey.
• MIST (Proper name) Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey.
• Madera (Proper name) A city, the county seat of Madera County, California, United States.
• Madera (Proper name) An unincorporated community in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.
• Madera (Proper name) A village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
• Madera (Proper name) A settlement in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
• Maderism (Noun) A movement led by Francisco I. Madero during the Mexican Revolution, aiming to achieve democratic regeneration of the country through effective suffrage and no reelection of public officials.
• Mehico (Proper name) Pronunciation spelling of Mexico.
• Mexamerican (Noun) An American of Mexican descent.
• Mexican (Noun) A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.
• Mexican (Noun) A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.
• Mexican (Noun) A Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).
• Mexican (Noun) A person from either of the southern states of New South Wales and Victoria.
• Mexican (Adjective) Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Mexico.
• Mexican Flu (Noun) Alternative letter-case form of Mexican flu
• Mexican Spanish (Proper name) A set of variations of the Spanish language as spoken in Mexico and in some parts of the United States and Canada, where there are communities of Hispanic origin influenced by North American Spanish-speaking media.
• Mexican bush sage (Noun) A shrubby sage native to central and eastern Mexico, Salvia leucantha, grown in subtropical, dry climates for its ornamental flower stems covered in bright blue or purple velvety hairs, and for its relative drought tolerance.
• Mexican garter snake (Noun) Thamnophis eques, a species of snake most commonly found in lake basins of Mexico, with smaller populations in Arizona and New Mexico.
• Mexican mud turtle (Noun) Kinosternon integrum, a species of mud turtle endemic to Mexico.
• Mexican needlefish (Noun) Tylosurus fodiator, a species of needlefish.
• Mexico (Proper name) 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.
• Mexploitation (Noun) A genre of exploitation films produced in and/or set in Mexico, and often featuring plots dealing with crime, drugs, and sex.
• Montezuma's revenge (Noun) Diarrhea experienced by tourists after drinking water or eating food in Mexico as a result of a microorganism to which native Mexicans are immune.
• Morelian (Adjective) From or pertaining to Morelia, a city in Mexico.
• Nahuatlism (Noun) A word or phrase borrowed from the Nahuatl language.
• New Fire ceremony (Noun) An Aztec ceremony performed once every 52 years, intended to stave off the end of the world. It involved putting out all existing fires, then starting a fire containing the heart of a human sacrifice, and transporting that fire around the city.
• Next Eleven (Proper name) Eleven countries – Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam – identified in 2005 as having high potential of joining the BRICS countries as some of the world's largest economies in the 21st century.
• Sea of Cortez (Proper name) Synonym of Gulf of California
• Seriland (Proper name) An area of Sonora, Mexico traditionally inhabited by the Seri people.
• Teotihuacan (Proper name) A vast archeological site in Mexico
• Tepic (Proper name) The state capital of Nayarit.
• Three Amigos (Proper name) Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
• Three Amigos (Proper name) The prime minister of Canada and the presidents of Mexico and the United States.
• Three Amigos (Proper name) The North American Leaders Summit.
• United Mexican States (Proper name) The official name of Mexico.
• Valparaiso (Proper name) A city, the county seat of Porter County, Indiana.
• Zapatismo (Proper name) The political beliefs of the Zapatistas.
• Zapatista (Noun) A member of the Liberation Army of the South, a group formed and led by Emiliano Zapata that took part in the Mexican Revolution.
• agua fresca (Noun) A tisane beverage, especially made from horchata, hibiscus or tropical fruits, which is served from large glass barrels.
• centavo (Noun) The former subdenomination of some other currencies (in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Puerto Rico, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Venezuela).
• cuartilla (Noun) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 13.9 L.
• donkey show (Noun) A type of sexual performance most often associated with Tijuana, Mexico, in which a woman engages in bestiality with a donkey.
• interior Mexican (Adjective) Especially of cuisine: of or pertaining to the country Mexico itself, in contrast to Tex-Mex (“a mix of Texan and Mexican”).
• legua (Noun) Spanish league, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km.
• legua (Noun) Portuguese league, a traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously reckoned as 4444.4, 5555.6, or 6172.8 m.
• medio (Noun) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 2.3 L.
• medio (Noun) Any of various former Spanish and Latin American half-pieces, particularly the half-real both as a coin and a notional unit of account.
• onza (Noun) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 28.76 g.
• pambazo (Noun) A Mexican snack made from white bread dipped in a red guajillo pepper sauce, filled with potatoes and chorizo, and fried.
• peso (Noun) The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines.
• quinceañera (Noun) The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.
• vara (Noun) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm.
• vara (Noun) A traditional Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 1.1 m.
• vara (Noun) A traditional Spanish unit of area, equivalent to about 0.7 m².
• zocalo (Noun) A town square or marketplace, especially in Mexico.
• 911 (Proper name) The telephone number for emergency services in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Liberia, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Anguilla, Palau, and Tonga.

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