México

→ Dutch: Mexico

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→ English: Mexico, México, Mehico (chiefly humorous pronunciation spelling)
→ Assamese: মেক্সিকো (meksikü)
→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܟܣܝܩܘ (mksiqw)
→ Burmese: မက္ကဆီကို (makka.hcikui)
→ Chinese: 墨西哥 (Mòxīgē)
→ Dhivehi: މެކްސިކޯ (mek̊sikō)
→ Finnish: Meksiko
→ Hebrew: מֶקְסִיקוֹ (méksiko)
→ Hindi: मेक्सिको (meksiko)
→ Irish: Meicsiceo
→ Japanese: メキシコ (Mekishiko)
→ Korean: 멕시코 (Meksiko)
→ Thai: เม็กซิโก (mék-sí-goo)
→ Yoruba: Mẹ́síkò

→ Esperanto: Meksiko

→ Faroese: Meksiko

→ French: Mexique
Antillean Creole: Meksik
Haitian Creole: Meksik
→ Arabic: المكسيك
→ Persian: مکزیک (mekzik)
→ Khmer: ម៉ិចស៊ិក (məcsɨk)
→ Norman: Mexique
→ Romanian: Mexic

→ German: Mexiko

→ Greek: Μεξικό (Mexikó)

→ Japanese: メヒコ (Mehiko)

→ Korean: 메히꼬 (Mehikko)

→ Polish: Meksyk

→ Portuguese: México

→ Slovak: Mexiko

→ Tagalog: Mehiko

→ Vietnamese: Mê-hi-cô

→ Yiddish: מעקסיקע (meksike)

1579, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco, originally a toponym for the Valley of Mexico. Aside from the element -co, the Nahuatl locative suffix, the etymology of this place-name remains uncertain.
It has been suggested to be derived from Mēxihtli, a name belonging to the Aztecs' patron god Huitzilopochtli, in which case the associated locative name could be interpreted as ("place of Huitzilopochtli" or “place where Huitzilopochtli lives”). Another hypothesis suggests the name to be a portmanteau of the words mētztli (“moon”) + xīctli (“navel”), hence the hypothetical original form *Mētzxīcco, meaning “place at the navel/center of the moon”, perhaps referring to the city of Tenochtitlan's position in Lake Texcoco, which was the central lake of a system of interconnected lakes whose shape was likened to that of a rabbit by the Aztecs; an animal associated to the moon. (If that is the case, then the sound of tz /t͡s/ in mētz- has been absorbed into the initial x /ʃ/ of -xīc-, while the geminate cc /kː/ in -xīcco has been transformed into the consonant cluster hc /ʔk/.) A third hypothesis suggests a derivation incorporating metl (“maguey”) (stem me-), perhaps from Mēctli, a maguey goddess, Proto-Uto-Aztecan [Term?].

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Victoria

From the Latin Victoria; also shortened from María (de la) Victoria, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Victory".


Amazonas

→⇒ Ye'kwana: Amasonanña

A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Manaus


Paraná

Borrowed from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)


Kerala

Querala (alternative)
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Kerala (alternative)


California

Calafia
Las sergas de Esplandián
Reconquista

First attested in Montalvo's Las sergas de Esplandián as the name of Calafia's monarchy. A name invented by the author to remind Spanish readers of the recent Reconquista, probably based on califa (“caliph”).

California (a state of the United States)


Florida

Named la florida (“the land of flowers”) by Spanish explorer Ponce de León, referring to its blooming vegetation and the current season having been Pascua Florida.


Virginia

Borrowed from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.


Minnesota

Minnesota (a state of the United States)


Texas

→ Russian: Техас (Texas)
→ Armenian: Տեխաս (Texas)

From Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.


Alaska

Borrowed from English Alaska, ultimately from Aleut alaxsxaq.

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Rhode Island (a state of the United States)


Tennessee

Tennessee (a state of the United States)


Washington

Washington (a state of the United States)


Wisconsin

Wisconsin (a state of the United States)


Wyoming

Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming.


Oaxaca

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (“horse tamarind tree (Leucaena leucocephala)”) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).


Aguascalientes

From aguas (“waters”) + calientes (“hot”), because of the many hot springs in the state.


Campeche

From the city of Campeche, from Yucatec Maya Kaan Peech.


Chiapas

From the area's first Spanish encomienda Villa Real de Chiapa (“Royal Town of Chiapa”) or Chiapa de los Indios (“Indian Chiapa”, now Chiapa de Corzo) and long-time capital Chiapa de los Españoles (“Spaniard Chiapa”) or Ciudad Real de Chiapa (“Royal City of Chiapa”, now San Cristóbal de las Casas), all named after the local Chiapaneca people, from Chiapan + -eco (“-ic, -ish”): forming demonyms), from Classical Nahuatl Chiapan, from chia (“chia”) + either -pan (“upon; place of; place of the”) or -apan (“river, stream”), presumably in reference to the Grijalva.


Coahuila

→ English: Coahuila

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⇒ Translingual: Coahuilasaurus, Coahuilaceratops

Of Nahuan origin, meaning “place of trees”; compare Classical Nahuatl cuahuitl (“tree, wood”) + -tlān (“place of”).


Durango

[d̪uˈɾãŋ.ɡo]

Named after the city of Durango, in northern Spain, of uncertain origin, probably from Basque Duranco, but possibly from Basque Urazango, Basque Padurango, or a Roman fundus, Late Latin Turanicus. More at Durango on Wikipedia.


Guanajuato

Borrowed from Purepecha Kuanasï Uata (literally “hill of frogs”).


Guerrero

Named after Vicente Guerrero, a revolutionary general in the Mexican War of Independence.


Hidalgo

Named after the Mexican independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.


Jalisco

From Classical Nahuatl Xālixco, from xālli (“sand”) + īxtli (“face, surface”) + -co, a locative suffix.


Michoacán

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl michhuahcān (“place of fish; fishers”), from michhuah (“one who has fish”).


Morelos

Named after José María Morelos, a leader in the Mexican War of Independence.


Nayarit

From Cora Náayerite, named after a chief of the Cora people, Cora Naye.


Nuevo León

Meaning New León, after the Kingdom of León in Spain.


Querétaro

Querétaro (a state of Mexico; capital and largest city: Querétaro)


Quintana Roo

Named after Andrés Quintana Roo, from the Mexican War of Independence.

Quintana Roo (a state of Mexico; capital: Chetumal; largest city: Cancún)


San Luis Potosí

Named after Louis IX of France (in Spanish San Luis Rey de Francia) and Potosí, in reference to the mines of Potosí, in Bolivia.


Tlaxcala

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Tlaxcallān, from tlaxcalli (“tortilla”) + -tlān.


Zacatecas

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zacatēcah (“people of the place of grass”), from zacatl (“grass”).


San Pablo

Southeast Region
Southeast Region#English

São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)


Estado de México

→ English: State of Mexico (calque)

State of Mexico, Mexico State (a state of Mexico)


Mérida

From the third word of the Latin “colōnia Augusta Ēmerita”, from the feminine of ēmeritus (“veteran”), referring to the Iberian city being founded as an imperial veterans’ colony.


Pensilvania

Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)


Nuevo México

New Mexico (a state of the United States)


Carolina del Sur

South Carolina (a state of the United States)


Hamburgo

Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)


Brandeburgo

[bɾãn̪.d̪eˈβ̞uɾ.ɣ̞o]


Hawái

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.


Luisiana

Louisiana (a state of the United States)


Misisipi

Mississippi (a state of the United States)


Nueva Hampshire

New Hampshire (a state of the United States)


Nueva Jersey

New Jersey (a state of the United States)


Carolina del Norte

North Carolina (a state of the United States)


Dakota del Norte

North Dakota (a state of the United States)


Dakota del Sur

South Dakota (a state of the United States)


Virginia Occidental

West Virginia (a state of the United States)


Zac

Abbreviation of Zacatecas, A state of Mexico


Trujillo

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

From the city in Spain, from Arabic تُرْجَالَة (turjāla), from Latin Turgalium.

one of several cities, districts, and provinces, mostly in Spanish-speaking countries:


Salzburgo

[sal̟θ̬ˈβ̞uɾ.ɣ̞o]


Australia Occidental

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

Western Australia (a state of Australia)


Renania del Norte-Westfalia

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

North Rhine-Westphalia (a state of Germany)


Río de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)


Bolívar

→ English: Bolivar

→ Tagalog: Bolivar

→⇒ Ye'kwana: Wodiwanña

Borrowed from Basque Bolibar, from bolu + ibar. Most places named Bolívar are named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), a South American leader.


Falcón

English: Falcon


Anzoátegui

Named after Venezuelan military officer José Antonio Anzoátegui.

named-after

Anzoátegui (a state of Venezuela; capital: Barcelona)


Sin.

Abbreviation of Sinaloa (“Sinaloa (a state of Mexico)”).


Edoméx

→ English: Edomex

Estado de México
Estado de México#Spanish

Synonym of Estado de México (“the state of Mexico”)


Alsacia-Lorena

Alsace-Lorraine (a historical state in Germany (1871-1918); modern Grand Est)