New Mexico

English thumb|240px|Flag of New Mexico region Q1522 en Location of the state of New Mexico in the United States Etymology New Mexico received its name in the 1500s, long before the present-day nation of Mexico won independence from Spain and adopted that name in 1821. Though the name “Mexico” itself derives from Nahuatl, and in that language it originally referred to the heartland of the Empire of the Mexicas (Aztec Empire) in the Valley of Mexico far from the area of New Mexico, Spanish explorers also used the term “Mexico” to name the region of New Mexico (es Nuevo México in Spanish) in 1563. In 1581, the Chamuscado and Rodríguez Expedition named the region north of the Rio Grande “San Felipe del Nuevo México” (“Saint Philip of New Mexico”).David J. Weber The Spanish Frontier in North America Yale University Press New Haven, Connecticut and London 1992 79 The Spaniards had hoped to find wealthy indigenous Mexica (Aztec) cultures there similar to those of the Aztec (Mexica) Empire of the Valley of Mexico. The indigenous cultures of New Mexico, however, proved to be unrelated to the Mexicas, and they were not wealthy,Joseph P. Sanchez The Rio Abajo Frontier, 1540–1692: A History of Early Colonial New Mexico Albuquerque Museum of Albuquerque History Monograph Series 1987 51 Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States Stewart George George R. Stewart 1945 2008 NYRB Classics New York 23–24 978-1-59017-273-5 There was Francisco de Ibarra, a great seeker after gold mines. In 1563, he went far to the north ... when he returned south, Ibarra boasted that he had discovered a New Mexico. Doubtless, like others, he stretched the tale, and certainly the land of which he told was well south of the one now so called. Yet, men remembered the name Nuevo México, though not at first, as that of the region which Coronado had once conquered. but the name persisted. Before statehood, the name “New Mexico” was applied to various configurations of the U.S. territory, to a Mexican state, and to a province of New Spain, all in the same general area, but of varying extensions.Rivera, José A., Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest, University of New Mexico Press, 1998. Pronunciation en /njuː mɛk.sɪ.kəʊ/ UK en /nu ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/ /nju ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/ US en en-us-New Mexico.ogg US, en en-us-New Mexico-2.ogg US Proper noun New Mexico en Q1522en state in the southwestern c/USA Santa Fe Albuquerque. en N. Mex.<id:Q1522> N.M.<id:Q1522> NM<id:Q1522> mul:US-NM<id:Q1522> en Edward-Isaac Dovere Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/politics/harris-set-to-host-democratic-governors-this-weekend-to-discuss-2024-campaign/index.html 2024-02-07 On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. https://web.archive.org/web/20251228151719/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/politics/harris-set-to-host-democratic-governors-this-weekend-to-discuss-2024-campaign/index.html 28 December 2025 en former provincial kingdom c/New Spain. en former territory c/Mexico. en former transitional government c/USA. en former territory c/USA. en uncountable New Mexico cuisine or food. en uncountable New Mexico music genre. en unincorporated community co/Carroll County s/Maryland named for the state. en locality in the carea/Tamworth north eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia. Derived terms en N. Mex. N.M. New Mexican New Mexico Territory Territory of New Mexico New Mexico whiptail NM Translations US State Arabic: ar نْيُومَكْسِيكُو m nyumaksikū, ar الْمَكْسِيك الْجَدِيد m Armenian: hy Նյու Մեքսիկո Basque: eu Mexiko Berria Belarusian: be Нью-Ме́ксіка f n Bengali: bn নিউ মেক্সিকো Bulgarian: bg Ню Ме́ксико m Catalan: ca Nou Mèxic m Cherokee: chr ᏍᏆᏂᏤᏍᏛᎢ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 新墨西哥 Xīn-Mòxīgē Corsican: co Novu Messicu m Czech: cs Nové Mexiko n Danish: da New Mexico Dutch: nl New Mexico, nl Nieuw-Mexico Esperanto: eo Nov-Meksiko Finnish: fi New Mexico French: fr Nouveau-Mexique m Galician: gl Novo México m Georgian: ka ნიუ-მექსიკო German: de New Mexico n, de Neumexiko Greek: el Νέο Μεξικό Hebrew: he ניו מקסיקו Hindi: hi नया मेक्सिको, hi न्यू मेक्सिको m Hungarian: hu Új-Mexikó Irish: ga Nua-Mheicsiceo m Italian: it Nuovo Messico m Japanese: ja ニューメキシコ Nyū-Mekishiko, ja 新メキシコ Shin Mekishiko Khmer: km ញូវម៉ិកស៊ីកូ Korean: ko ^뉴멕시코 Kurtöp: xkz ནུ་མེག་སི་ཀོ Nu Meksiko Lao: lo ນິວເມັກຊິໂກ Latin: la Novum Mexicum n Macedonian: mk Ново Мексико n Nahuatl: Classical Nahuatl: nci Yancuic Mēxihco Navajo: nv Yootó hahoodzo Norman: nrf Nouviau Mexique m Occitan: oc Nòu Mexic m Persian: fa نیومکزیکو Polish: pl Nowy Meksyk m Portuguese: pt Novo México m Russian: ru Нью-Ме́ксико n Sardinian: sc Nou Mèssicu m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Нови Мексико m Latin: sh Novi Meksiko m Sicilian: scn Novu Mèssicu m Slovak: sk Nové Mexiko n Slovene: sl Nova Mehika f Spanish: es Nuevo México m Thai: th นิวเม็กซิโก Turkish: tr New Mexico Ukrainian: uk Нью-Ме́ксико n Uyghur: ug يېڭى مېكسىكا Yiddish: yi ניו מעקסיקאָ See also References Further reading Toponymy of Mexico#Etymology Danish da: Alternative forms da Ny Mexico very rare Etymology Borrowed from da en New Mexico. Proper noun da proper noun genitive New Mexicos New Mexico da New Mexico Q1522 Finnish fi: thumb|right|New Mexico Etymology From fi en New Mexico. Pronunciation n(j)yy-meksiko Proper noun New Mexico fi New Mexico Q1522 Declension sg New Mexic o a Synonyms fi Uusi-Meksiko