Definition of Mexico in US English:


proper noun

  • 1A country in southwestern North America, with extensive coastlines on the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, bordered by the US on the north; population 127,000,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Mexico City; language, Spanish (official).


    1. 1.1 A state of central Mexico, to the west of Mexico City; capital, Toluca de Lerdo.