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New Mexico State Names

New Mexico Name Etymology and State Nicknames

Southwest

• Land of Enchantment

• "Otro"

• New Andalusia

• Land of Sunshine

• Cactus State

• The Colorful State

• The Sunshine State

Origin of New Mexico State Name

From the country of Mexico.

The name of this state is an anglicized version of "Nuevo Mexico," the Spanish name for the upper Rio Grande. Mexico, an Aztec spelling, means "place of Mexitli" one of the Aztec gods.

Nicknames

Land of Enchantment

Before Land of Enchantment became the state slogan, New Mexico went by the nickname The Sunshine State, based on the fact that every part of New Mexico receives at least 70 percent sunshine year-round.

New Mexico received its nickname because of its natural beauty and rich history. The Spanish and Mexicans used to occupy the state and there is still a lot of their culture leftover. For example, New Mexicans have many Spanish fiestas, Spanish food and Spanish is spoken everywhere. Every year thousands of tourists visit this enchanted state and you can be one to! Come visit New Mexico! It really is a land of enchantment.

"Otro"

Which possibly meant another Mexico

Slogans

(Everybody is somebody in New Mexico. Adopted on April 3, 1975)

New Mexico Postal Code

NM

New Mexico Resident's Name

New Mexican

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