New Mexico

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.

New Mexico

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)

New Mexico

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.

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

Annie Farmer, who is now 46, said she was taken to New Mexico aged 16 to spend a weekend with Epstein.

From BBC

She and Mullican eventually got married and settled into a home in the Santa Monica Canyon where they split the remainder of their lives between Los Angeles and Taos, New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times

But the retail pharmacy chain is unable to offer vaccines right now in Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times

The names to know in Utah’s run game are Wayshawn Parker, a transfer from Washington State, and NaQuari Rogers, a transfer from New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times

Speaking to reporters along a section of the border in New Mexico, Noem said on Tuesday that the black paint was "specifically at the request of the president".

From BBC