New Mexico State Names

New Mexico Nicknames and Resident's Name

Southwest

• Land of Enchantment

• "Otro"

• New Andalusia

• Land of Sunshine

• Cactus State

• The Colorful State
   

Land of Enchantment

efore 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.

"Otro"

which possibly meant another Mexico

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.

New Mexico Postal Code

NM

New Mexico Resident's Name

New Mexican