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How is the word Mexico derived
 
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Thraxel
03/31/09
How is the word mexico derived?
           
 
Augusta1
03/31/09
replied to: Thraxel
Mexico comes from Mēxihco which means the Place where Mēxihtli lives. Mēxihtli was a patron god and the God of war for the Aztecs.
           
 
MonarchX
03/31/09
replied to: Augusta1
It could also mean Place at the center of the moon in honour of Lake Texecoco