Why was Mexico's name chosen?

Answer 1

The origin of the name of the city comes from the Nahuatl language, where Mextli or Mēxihtli, a secret name for the God of War and patron of the Aztecs, Huitzilopochtli, in which case Mēxihco means "Place where Mēxihtli lives". Another hypothesis is that the word Mēxihco derives from the mētztli ("moon"), xictli ("navel", "center" or "son"), and the suffix -co (place), in which case it means "Place at the center of the moon" or "Place at the center of the Lake Moon", in reference to Lake Texcoco. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico

Answer 2

This is by fat the most interesting and challenging question I have encountered, but let me make a long tail Short, when Cortes arrived to Mexico City, nobody had ever seen a City like this, let me try to tell you what they saw, a very big lake with different types of waters, and very different dephs, also towering volcanoes, and a beautifully city built on top of the lake, so sad but true he destroyed the city in order to finally conquer it, but the city became again the center of the kingdom, that is why they gave title of muy leal, y cristiana ciudad de mexico, la ciudad the city, was a way to distinguish her from the rest of the cities since she became the capital of capitals, from her, all the rest was conquered and made possible.

Answer 3

The Spanish word México derivates from the Náhuatl word "Mehico". That is one of the names that the Aztecs used to give to the city in which nowadays is constructed Mexico City. When discussing the official name of the country after independence was declared, they chose Mexico in honor of its capital, Mexico City.

The Official Name of the country is Estados Unidos Mexicanos, translated to English as United Mexican States.

Answer 4

because after mexico got its independence from Spain in september 1821 they changed their name from new spain to mexico because after 300 hundred years of spanish rule mexico was a province of new spain so they changed their name to mexico

Answer 5

Mexico became New Spain when the Spanish conquered the Aztec Empire in the Valley of Mexico (in central Mexico) and claimed the Aztec Empire as "New Spain" in 1521. Also in 1521, Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines and claimed the Philippine islands for Spain. Spanish explorer, Ruy Lopez de Villalobos had named the Philippines "Las Islas Filipinas" (The Philippine Islands in Spanish) in 1543. The Philippines was named after Philip II of Spain. In 1565, Spanish colonization began in the Philippines when Spanish explorer, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived in the Philippines from Mexico (New Spain). From 1565 to 1821 (2 and a half centuries), the Philippines became a territory of New Spain (which is now Mexico). The Spanish governed New Spain, including the Philippines in Asia, from Mexico City which was the capital of New Spain. Mexico City today, is the capital, largest city, and federal district of Mexico.

Answer 6

To differentiate the state of Chihuahua (capital: Chihuahua) from the breed of dog, which was named after such state.

Answer 7

After their successful independence from Spain, the name of the country was chosen based off of Mexico City.