Mexico City

noun

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

Mexico City

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)

Mexico City

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

Notes

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

Example Sentences

Abstract sculptor Anton Bakker’s math-derived structures are on exhibit at some of the world’s best-known sites, including the Washington Monument grounds, New York’s Times Square and equally prominent locations in Paris, Tokyo, Mexico City and more.

From Washington Post

He joined the publication in 2017 after being a founding editor at Quartz and reporting from Moscow, Jerusalem, and Mexico City for The Economist.

From MIT Technology Review

The scarce evidence motivated Ana Wegier, a plant geneticist from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, and her students to find out.

From Science News

Jüsto, an online supermarket based in Mexico City, announced Tuesday it has raised $65 million in a Series A round led by General Atlantic.

From TechCrunch

The man in charge of protecting the Luna, Silveti recalled, was Boris Kolomyakov, the Second Secretary at the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City.

From MIT Technology Review

The buses were to be used to transport union members to the protests in Mexico City.

From The Daily Beast

When Juana was 8, her father abandoned the family and the girl moved to Mexico City to live with her aunt.

From The Daily Beast

Their Royal Highnesses will also visit Mexico City, Campeche and Monterrey.

From The Daily Beast

Not since 1986, in Mexico City, has there been a more accomplished and entertaining first half as the one we witnessed at Rio.

From The Daily Beast

The networks of journalists convened a meeting in Mexico City.

From The Daily Beast

Thirty, however, had left the others at Mexico City, thinking they could reach the sea-coast more quickly by another route.

From Project Gutenberg

Brought their entire outfit down with them from Mexico City.

From Project Gutenberg

He hunted in vain for another Mexico City to conquer and despoil.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole trouble was caused not here but in Mexico City; and that is to be remedied yet.

From Project Gutenberg

That particular lead in Mexico City was completely disproved; there was no foundation for it.

From Project Gutenberg