NEW MEXICO Definition & Meaning

New Mexico

noun

a state in the southwestern United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). : Santa Fe. : NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.

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) AbbreviationN. Mex.with zip codeNM

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 .

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An important center of Native American culture and home to Navajo reservations.

Center of the Los Alamos Research Center, where the atomic bomb (see also atomic bomb ) was developed.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

New Mexi·can adjective noun

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After his triumphant portrayal of Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s 1991 biopic “The Doors,” he moved to a vast New Mexico ranch where he rode horses, raised buffalo and wrote poetry.

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A New Mexico state judge temporarily blocked the release of any records from the death investigation on March 17 at the request of the Hackman estate.

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This odd couple encounters refuge with a New Mexico farming commune and the usual flat excess in Las Vegas.

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They were met by a minister who flew with them, and once they got to New Mexico, would accompany them to the clinic.

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Three people were killed and 14 others injured in a mass shooting on Friday in the US state of New Mexico, according to local authorities.

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