Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A state of the southwest United States on the Mexican border. It was admitted as the 47th state in 1912. Site of prehistoric cultures that long preceded the Pueblo civilization encountered by the Spanish in the 1500s, the region was governed as a province of Mexico after 1821 and ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. The original territory (established 1850) included Arizona and part of Colorado and was enlarged by the Gadsden Purchase of 1853. Sante Fe is the capital and Albuquerque the largest city.
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- proper noun A state of the
United States of America . Capital:Santa Fe . Largest city:Albuquerque .
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- noun a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border
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Examples
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Former two-term New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson was the guest speaker at my Johns Hopkins/University of California speakers series earlier this month.
Robert Guttman: Please, No More GOP Presidential Debates! Robert Guttman 2011
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It's more than frustrating because I have readers, people I've met and whose circumstances I've come to know, who live in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and who are involved in the immigration debate--a border rancher in Arizona, a community of the Old Spanish in Southern New Mexico, hard-working, honest but illegal immigrants in Houston.
Mayhill Fowler: A Citizen Journalist Covers an Obama State Dinner [PHOTOS] Mayhill Fowler 2010
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It's more than frustrating because I have readers, people I've met and whose circumstances I've come to know, who live in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and who are involved in the immigration debate -- a border rancher in Arizona, a community of the Old Spanish in Southern New Mexico, hard-working, honest (but illegal) immigrants in Houston.
Mayhill Fowler: A Citizen Journalist Covers an Obama State Dinner [PHOTOS] 2010
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It's more than frustrating because I have readers, people I've met and whose circumstances I've come to know, who live in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and who are involved in the immigration debate -- a border rancher in Arizona, a community of the Old Spanish in Southern New Mexico, hard-working, honest (but illegal) immigrants in Houston.
Mayhill Fowler: A Citizen Journalist Covers an Obama State Dinner [PHOTOS] 2010
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I went outside when they called New Mexico to check cause I heard something - it was thunder.
Obama Wins Ohio, Networks Say -- And Quite Likely, The Presidency 2009
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Half the population of New Mexico is Latino, yet there is not talk of such nonsense as war and succession.
Think Progress » Buchanan: Mexico Conspiring To ‘Re-Annex’ Seven Southwest States 2006
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When they call New Mexico for him, which looks likely, it'll put him over the top.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: November 2004 Archives 2004
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For now at least, anywhere else in the country, a leather shoe could be called a New Mexico chile.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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For now at least, anywhere else in the country, a leather shoe could be called a New Mexico chile.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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For now at least, anywhere else in the country, a leather shoe could be called a New Mexico chile.
NPR Topics: News 2011
fbharjo commented on the word New Mexico
What is the state between New Jersey and New York?
*in alphabetic order*
November 17, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word New Mexico
For interesting place names in New Mexico, see this list.
January 19, 2011