New Mexico

noun

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.

New Mexico

noun

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) AbbreviationN. Mex.with zip codeNM

New Mexico

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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Other Word Forms

New Mexi·can adjective noun

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The largest began in a close-knit community with low vaccination rates in Texas’ Gaines County, adjacent to New Mexico.

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A lot of my research has been on dryland birds in New Mexico, many of which have drab gray or brown plumage.

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Many cities have decriminalized psychedelics while Oregon, Colorado and, as of this month, New Mexico are beginning to roll out the country’s first pathways for patients to access them.

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Arakawa died around Feb. 11 of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare and often fatal respiratory illness spread by rodents, according to the New Mexico medical investigator’s office.

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Two California Marines, including one from Southern California, who died after an accident in New Mexico on Tuesday while supporting Border Patrol units were identified Thursday by their division.

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