Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border
Etymologies
- Named in 1598 after Mexico City; from Nahuatl mexihco. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“To Fr. Benavides, we owe the "Memorial", the standard authority on early New Mexico and its missions, published at”
“I also thank Andrew Rubey of the University of New Mexico for certain of the graphics in this book, and Everett Rogers-King for making the indexes.”
“Mr. Romero said during a recent six-month period, 35% of foreign nationals making appointments for driving tests in New Mexico provided phone numbers with out-of-state area codes.”
The Wall Street Journal: Driver's License Fight to Be Renewed
“A similar study of the sustainability of eight health innovations in New Mexico arrived at a similar conclusion: Re-invention led to greater sustainability Rogers et al., in press.”
“Subdivisions close to the New Mexico border that were ordered emptied Sunday included Escudilla Mountain Estates, Bonita, Dog Patch, and the H-V Ranch east of Highway 180, fire information officer Eric Neitzel said.”
The Wall Street Journal: Arizona Fire Forces More Evacuations
“For a moment, her short, sandy curls catch sparks of sun reflecting off a truck traversing the dirt road in front of her New Mexico home, and her expression shifts from that of an incredulous patient to steely physician.”
“Denying them driver's licenses would condemn families to "life in the shadows, where they can be exploited," said Allen Sanchez, executive director of the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops, which supports the status quo.”
The Wall Street Journal: Driver's License Fight to Be Renewed
“Rogers is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico UNM, where he teaches and conducts research on the diffusion of innovations.”
“The RV is parked in the New Mexico Gila Wilderness; the camp for drunks is in Taos.”
“A term used collectively to designate those Indians of central New Mexico and north-east Arizona, of sedentary and agricultural habits and dwelling in permanent communal stone-built or adobe houses, as distinguished from the surrounding tribes of ruder culture and roving habit.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘New Mexico’.
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Punch Lines
I'm terrible with jokes - maybe a list of punch lines will help.
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Fifty States Project
States in the U.S. for which there are associated lists on Wordnik. Someday I hope all fifty states will be listed here--if they're not already. (Inspired by Sufjan Stevens, who has his own Fifty S...
Utah, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Minnesota, Colorado and 19 more...
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50 States of the Day
Texas, Florida, Alabama, New York, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maine, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and 37 more...
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OM1 Lesson 11
Texas, precisely, down, knew, northern, southern, eastern, western, New Mexico, Montana, get away, whole and 10 more...
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VanishedOne's Words
facipulator, fetiphobia, gules, boustrophedon, reverse boustroph..., unreal, ensiform, xiphoid, romhack, heritage, floccinaucinihili..., johnian and 1004 more...
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Land o' Leander
Places named in Kristin Sweetland's song 'O Leander' (lyrics here). (Names of Native peoples presumably refer to what's left of their lands.)
Wichita, New Mexico, Carolina, Iowa, Oglala, Omaha, Arizona, Navajo, Colorado, Oregon, Indiana, Manitoba and 5 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for New Mexico.
ruzuzu For interesting place names in New Mexico, see this list. Jan 19, 2011
fbharjo What is the state between New Jersey and New York?
*in alphabetic order* Nov 17, 2010