Mexico
geographical name
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Mex·i·co
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ˈmek-si-ˌkō  
                                                      
                                                          
            
            variants  
 or Spanish Méjico    
  
 or Mexican Spanish México    
        
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                                                      country in southern North America south of the U.S. (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California), north of Guatemala and Belize, and between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific; a republic; capital Mexico City area 758,449 square miles (1,964,375 square kilometers), population 125,959,000   see also mexican sense 1a                                      
                
                    
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                                                      state of south central Mexico (country); capital Toluca area 8286 square miles (21,461 square kilometers), population 15,175,862                                      
                
                    
3
                    
                                          
              
          
                                                        see mexico city                                      
                
                    
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