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.

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• New Mexican
  adjective

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New Mexico

His post of the map did not include a caption and preceded a flurry of posts of maps renaming the US state of New Mexico as "New America".

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

It even influenced her career; Sheevam works in New Mexico as a geologist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Oracle, another data-center giant, was facing community pushback against its Jupiter data center in New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Communities and water users in both New Mexico and Texas depend on surface water and groundwater throughout the valley.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

“That’s my middle name, too,” Miss New Mexico said.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray