Mexico City en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ sɪɾi/ (US)
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- /ˈmɛk.sɪ.kəʊ sɪti/ (UK)
Etymology
Calque of Mexican Spanish Ciudad de México.
Meanings
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The capital city of Mexico.
I went to Mexico City on April 15, 1966, to unveil a statue of Abraham Lincoln, who had been a contemporary of Mexican leader Benito Juarez and was revered in Mexico, as in so many other nations.
1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The New Age of Regionalism”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 348:The writer Juan Rulfo, whose 1955 novel, “Pedro Páramo,” still stands as the central monument of modern Mexican literature, grew up in Jalisco and vividly depicted its arid, sun-blasted landscapes in his writing, while the architect Luis Barragán, who moved from Guadalajara to Mexico City in the 1930s, carried with him an appreciation for his home state’s cloisters, haciendas and humble country buildings, which he translated in his own work as austere, inscrutable volumes of stucco.
2023 November 17, Michael Snyder, “A Guide to Guadalajara, Mexico’s City of Makers”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2023:
- (metonymically) The Mexican government.
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Descendants
מֶקְסִיקוֹ סִיטִי · เม็กซิโกซิตี้ · 멕시코시티 · メキシコシティ
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Translations (98)
he מקסיקו סיטי (capital of Mexico) · pl Miasto Meksyk (capital of Mexico) · nb Mexico by (capital of Mexico) · lt Meksikas (capital of Mexico) · ru Ме́хико (capital of Mexico) · as মেক্সিকো চহৰ (capital of Mexico) · tl Lungsod ng Mehiko (capital of Mexico) · es Ciudad de México (capital of Mexico) · tg Мехико (capital of Mexico) · eo Meksikurbo (capital of Mexico) · el Πόλη του Μεξικό (capital of Mexico) · es México (capital of Mexico) · sl Meksiko (capital of Mexico) · cs Mexiko (capital of Mexico) · it Città del Messico (capital of Mexico) · mat Imtojáti (capital of Mexico) · fo Meksikobýur (capital of Mexico) · nhn Altepetl Mexihco (capital of Mexico) · hy Մեխիկո (capital of Mexico) · amu Sndá' (capital of Mexico) · ia Mexico (capital of Mexico) · nrf Vile du Mexique (capital of Mexico) · az Mexiko (capital of Mexico) · uz Mexiko (capital of Mexico) · uk Ме́хіко (capital of Mexico) · sh Мексико Сити (capital of Mexico) · gl Cidade de México (capital of Mexico) · pl Meksyk (capital of Mexico) · gur Mehiko-gãn (capital of Mexico) · pt Cidade do México (capital of Mexico) · ast Ciudá de México (capital of Mexico) · mt il-Belt tal-Messiku (capital of Mexico) · hi मेक्सिको नगर (capital of Mexico) · nrf Messico (capital of Mexico) · ca Ciutat de Mèxic (capital of Mexico) · ko 멕시코시티 (capital of Mexico) · de Mexiko (capital of Mexico) · sv Mexico City (capital of Mexico) · nl Mexico (capital of Mexico) · xta Kǒ'yo (capital of Mexico) · tr Meksiko (capital of Mexico) · la Mexicum (capital of Mexico) · af Meksikostad (capital of Mexico) · tr Meksika Şehri (capital of Mexico) · ar مِكْسِيكُو سِيتِي (capital of Mexico) · de Mexiko-Stadt (capital of Mexico) · nv Naakaii Bikin Haalʼá (capital of Mexico) · ka ქალაქი მექსიკა (capital of Mexico) · pt México (capital of Mexico) · kk Мехико (capital of Mexico) · sh Meksiko (capital of Mexico) · tk Mehiko (capital of Mexico) · ro Mexico (capital of Mexico) · ja メキシコ市 (capital of Mexico) · fr Mexico (capital of Mexico) · ia citate de Mexico (capital of Mexico) · be Мэ́хіка (capital of Mexico) · nn Mexico by (capital of Mexico) · ms Kota Mexico (capital of Mexico) · ka მეხიკო (capital of Mexico) · da Mexico City (capital of Mexico) · ar مَدِينَة مَكْسِيكُو (capital of Mexico) · sh Мексико (capital of Mexico) · nrf Vile du Messique (capital of Mexico) · nhw Mexkoaltepetl (capital of Mexico) · mk Мексико (capital of Mexico) · ca Mèxic (capital of Mexico) · scn Cità dû Mèssicu (capital of Mexico) · oc Ciutat de Mexic (capital of Mexico) · hu Mexikóváros (capital of Mexico) · bg Ме́ксико (capital of Mexico) · nci Altepetl Mexihco (capital of Mexico) · tr Meksika Kenti (capital of Mexico) · lkt Spaóla Otȟúŋwahe (capital of Mexico) · th เม็กซิโกซิตี้ (capital of Mexico) · be Ме́хіка (capital of Mexico) · ast Ciudá de Méxicu (capital of Mexico) · nch Mexkoaltepetl (capital of Mexico) · br Mec'hiko (capital of Mexico) · fa مکزیکوسیتی (capital of Mexico) · co Cità di u Messicu (capital of Mexico) · sq Meksiko (capital of Mexico) · ar مَكْسِيكُو (capital of Mexico) · fi México (capital of Mexico) · et México (capital of Mexico) · lv Mehiko (capital of Mexico) · cmn 墨西哥城 (capital of Mexico) · la Mexicopolis (capital of Mexico) · ja メキシコシティ (capital of Mexico) · nl Mexico-Stad (capital of Mexico) · sh Meksiko Siti (capital of Mexico) · sk Mexiko (capital of Mexico) · ga Cathair Mheicsiceo (capital of Mexico) · eu Mexiko Hiria (capital of Mexico) · ky Мехико (capital of Mexico) · yue 墨西哥城 (capital of Mexico) · fi Mexico City (capital of Mexico) · sw mji wa Meksiko (capital of Mexico)