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What Mexico means?

Updated: 9/1/2023
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It came from the name of the ancient Aztec capital, Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Such name means "Cactus island in the middle of the Lake Moon". When New Spain gained its independence from Spain in 1821, it was renamed as Mexico which literally would mean "In the center of the Lake Moon". Lake Moon is what Aztecs called the Texcoco lake, where they found their capital city.

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Mexico, which is spelled with a capital "M," is a country composed of 31 states. Its official name is Estado Unidos de México ("United States of Mexico").

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Mexico is the name of a large country in Latin America. Mexico was named after a branch of the Aztecs.

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Mexico means "in the navel of the moon."

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