New Mexico

American  

noun

1. 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.

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New Mexico British  

noun

1. Abbreviation: N. Mex..   NM.  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)

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New Mexico Cultural  

1. 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.

Other Word Forms

• New Mexican adjective

Example Sentences

He’s an eccentric in his mid-40s who runs a retreat in New Mexico and has taken an interest in the difficulties of being a man today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Offering loans when others wouldn’t is the most common argument predatory lenders make to justify their practices, said Nathalie Martin, a University of New Mexico law professor who has studied high-cost loans.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Amanda Garcia has travelled more than 1,000 miles from New Mexico to witness the launch.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The ruling came shortly after a New Mexico jury found Meta liable for $375 million in damages after the state Atty.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

“Hello from New Mexico, Land of Enchantment. Were the forty-seventh state, but I want to be number one in your hearts tonight!”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray