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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Living in New Mexico, enthralled by its unique light, she painted pueblos, churches and her house at Ghost Ranch, where she spent many summers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

It was nominated for the best editing prize at Basingstoke's Exit 6 Film Festival and won best international short at Roswell Shorts Festival in New Mexico.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The 10 places with the highest rate of older workers were Nebraska, Maine, Alaska, West Virginia, Hawaii, New Mexico, New Hampshire, your home state of Tennessee, Nevada and Washington, D.C., the study found.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

A similar credit model, with certain caps, has already been enacted in New York, Illinois and New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

I close my eyes, imagining my hand in Lita’s, piñon smoke drifting into the New Mexico sky.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera