New Mexico
noun
a state in the SW United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). Capital: Santa Fe. Abbreviation: NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.
OTHER WORDS FROM New Mexico
New Mex·i·can, adjective, nounExample sentences from the Web for new mexico
The appearance of the agents for taking the census of New-Mexico had occasioned great alarm among the pueblos or villages.
British Dictionary definitions for new mexico
New Mexico
noun
a state of the southwestern US: high semiarid plateaus and mountains, crossed by the Rio Grande and the Pecos River; large Spanish-American and Indian populations; contains over two-thirds of US uranium reserves. Capital: Santa Fé. Pop: 1 874 614 (2003 est). Area: 314 451 sq km (121 412 sq miles)
Abbreviation: N. Mex., (with zip code) NM
Cultural definitions for new mexico
New Mexico
State in the southwestern United States bordered by Colorado to the north, Oklahoma and Texas to the east, Texas and Mexico to the south, and Arizona to the west. Its capital is Santa Fe, and its largest city is Albuquerque.
notes for New Mexico
Center of the Los Alamos Research Center, where the
atomic bomb (see also
atomic bomb) was developed.
notes for New Mexico
An important center of
Native American culture and home to
Navajo reservations.