Mexico City

American  

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Mexico, in the central part. About 7,400 feet (2,255 meters) above sea level.

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Mexico City British  

noun

1. the capital of Mexico, on the central plateau at an altitude of 2240 m (7350 ft): founded as the Aztec capital (Tenochtitlán) in about 1300; conquered and rebuilt by the Spanish in 1521; forms, with its suburbs, the federal district of Mexico; the largest industrial complex in the country. Pop: 19 013 000 (2005 est)

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Mexico City Cultural  

1. Capital of Mexico and largest city in the country, located in central Mexico; the country's political, cultural, commercial, and industrial center.

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With more than eighteen million people, Mexico City is the second-largest city in the world, behind Tokyo.

Example Sentences

The U.S. will play its first game in Inglewood, Mexico will open in Mexico City and Canada in Toronto.

From Los Angeles Times

Supporters began calling him Batman, in English, when crime rates dropped precipitously in Mexico City during his tenure as police chief.

From Los Angeles Times

But authorities in Mexico City also dig mass graves, to house the hundreds of bodies discovered each year that are never reclaimed or identified.

From Barron's

Osmin worked with a team to open a Goldman trading office in Mexico City, relocating staff from New York, making local hires and figuring out the number of trading screens that were needed.

From The Wall Street Journal

From there we hopscotched to Chile, up to Mexico City, and then out to Alaska’s remote Aleutian Chain, where a sturdy, generous band of believers make their living off the Bering Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal