"México" meaning in Spanish

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈmexiko/, [ˈme.xi.ko]
Rhymes: -exiko Etymology: 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?]. Etymology templates: {{bor|es|nci|Mēxihco}} Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco, {{m|nci|-co}} -co, {{m|nci|Mexihtli|Mēxihtli}} Mēxihtli, {{m|nci|mētztli||moon}} mētztli (“moon”), {{m|nci|xīctli||navel}} xīctli (“navel”), {{m|nci|metl||maguey}} metl (“maguey”), {{m|nci|Mēctli}} Mēctli, {{der|es|azc-pro|}} Proto-Uto-Aztecan [Term?] Head templates: {{head|es|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} México m, {{es-proper noun|m}} México m
  1. Mexico (a country in North America) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Countries, Countries in North America, Mexico
    Sense id: en-México-es-name-Kt23lqex
  2. A state of Mexico. Capital: Toluca Tags: masculine Categories (place): Places in Mexico, States of Mexico Synonyms: Estado de México
    Sense id: en-México-es-name-mHHun3~r
  3. (Mexico) Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico) Tags: Mexico, masculine Categories (place): Cities in Mexico, National capitals, Places in Mexico Synonyms: Ciudad de México
    Sense id: en-México-es-name-t-g0ODX- Categories (other): Mexican Spanish, Classical Nahuatl links with redundant target parameters, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl links with redundant target parameters: 9 4 30 4 1 51 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Méjico [Spain, rare] Derived forms: Estado de México, golfo de México, mexicano, mexiquense, Nuevo México

Alternative forms

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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 메히꼬 (Mehikko)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "Meksyk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: Meksyk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: Meksyk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "México",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: México",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: México"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "Mexiko",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Slovak: Mexiko",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Slovak: Mexiko"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "Mehiko",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: Mehiko",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: Mehiko"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "Mê-hi-cô",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: Mê-hi-cô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: Mê-hi-cô"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "מעקסיקע",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: מעקסיקע (meksike)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: מעקסיקע (meksike)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "nci",
        "3": "Mēxihco"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "-co"
      },
      "expansion": "-co",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "Mexihtli",
        "3": "Mēxihtli"
      },
      "expansion": "Mēxihtli",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "mētztli",
        "3": "",
        "4": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "mētztli (“moon”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "xīctli",
        "3": "",
        "4": "navel"
      },
      "expansion": "xīctli (“navel”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "metl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "maguey"
      },
      "expansion": "metl (“maguey”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "Mēctli"
      },
      "expansion": "Mēctli",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "azc-pro",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uto-Aztecan [Term?]",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nIt 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?].",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "proper nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "México m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "México m",
      "name": "es-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Mé‧xi‧co"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "es:Countries",
        "es:Countries in North America",
        "es:Mexico"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mexico (a country in North America)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mexico",
          "Mexico#English"
        ],
        [
          "North America",
          "North America#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "es:Places in Mexico",
        "es:States of Mexico"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A state of Mexico. Capital: Toluca"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mexico",
          "Mexico#English"
        ],
        [
          "Toluca",
          "Toluca#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Estado de México"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mexican Spanish",
        "es:Cities in Mexico",
        "es:National capitals",
        "es:Places in Mexico"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mexico City",
          "Mexico City#English"
        ],
        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
        ],
        [
          "Mexico",
          "Mexico#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mexico) Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ciudad de México"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmexiko/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈme.xi.ko]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-exiko"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Méjico"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "es:México"
  ],
  "word": "México"
}

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