Meanings
- The capital city of Mexico.
I went to Mexico City on April 15, 1966, to unveil a statue of Abraham Lincoln, who had been a contemporary of Mexican leader Benito Juarez and was revered in Mexico, as in so many other nations.
1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The New Age of Regionalism”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3481 more example
The writer Juan Rulfo, whose 1955 novel, “Pedro Páramo,” still stands as the central monument of modern Mexican literature, grew up in Jalisco and vividly depicted its arid, sun-blasted landscapes in his writing, while the architect Luis Barragán, who moved from Guadalajara to Mexico City in the 1930s, carried with him an appreciation for his home state’s cloisters, haciendas and humble country buildings, which he translated in his own work as austere, inscrutable volumes of stucco.
2023 November 17, Michael Snyder, “A Guide to Guadalajara, Mexico’s City of Makers”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2023Synonyms: Mexico
- metonymicallyThe Mexican government.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe capital city of Mexico.
Origin
- Mexican SpanishCiudad de México
- EnglishMexico City
Calque of Mexican Spanish Ciudad de México.
More words from Mexican Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Meksikostad
- Meksikostadcapital of Mexico
Arabic مَكْسِيكُو, مَدِينَة مَكْسِيكُو
- مَكْسِيكُو (maksīkū)capital of Mexico
- مَدِينَة مَكْسِيكُوcapital of Mexico
- مِكْسِيكُو سِيتِي (miksīkū sītī)capital of Mexico
Basque Mexiko Hiria
- Mexiko Hiriacapital of Mexico
Bulgarian Ме́ксико
- Ме́ксико (Méksiko)capital of Mexico
Catalan Ciutat de Mèxic, Mèxic
- Ciutat de Mèxiccapital of Mexico
- Mèxiccapital of Mexico
Chinese Cantonese 墨西哥城
- 墨西哥城 (mak⁶ sai¹ go¹ sing⁴)capital of Mexico
Chinese Mandarin 墨西哥城
- 墨西哥城 (Mòxīgēchéng)capital of Mexico
Czech Mexiko
- Mexikocapital of Mexico
Danish Mexico City
- Mexico Citycapital of Mexico
Dutch Mexico, Mexico-Stad
- Mexicocapital of Mexico
- Mexico-Stadcapital of Mexico
Esperanto Meksikurbo
- Meksikurbocapital of Mexico
Estonian México
- Méxicocapital of Mexico
Finnish México, Mexico City
- Méxicocapital of Mexico
- Mexico Citycapital of Mexico
French Mexico
- Mexico (cf. Ville de Mexico)capital of Mexico
German Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko
- Mexiko-Stadtcapital of Mexico
- Mexikocapital of Mexico
Greek Πόλη του Μεξικό
- Πόλη του Μεξικό (Póli tou Mexikó)capital of Mexico
Hebrew מקסיקו סיטי
- מקסיקו סיטי (meksiko siti)capital of Mexico
Hindi मेक्सिको नगर
- मेक्सिको नगर (meksiko nagar)capital of Mexico
Hungarian Mexikóváros
- Mexikóvároscapital of Mexico
Irish Cathair Mheicsiceo
- Cathair Mheicsiceocapital of Mexico
Italian Città del Messico
- Città del Messicocapital of Mexico
Japanese メキシコ市, メキシコシティ
- メキシコ市 (Mekishiko-shi)capital of Mexico
- メキシコシティ (Mekishiko-shiti)capital of Mexico
- 墨都 (Bokuto)capital of Mexico
Korean 멕시코시티
- 멕시코시티 (Meksikositi)capital of Mexico
Latin Mexicopolis, Mexicum
- Mexicopoliscapital of Mexico
- Mexicumcapital of Mexico
Latvian Mehiko
- Mehikocapital of Mexico
Lithuanian Meksikas
- Meksikascapital of Mexico
Malay Kota Mexico
- Kota Mexicocapital of Mexico
Norwegian Bokmål Mexico by
- Mexico bycapital of Mexico
Persian مکزیکوسیتی
- مکزیکوسیتی (mekziko-siti)capital of Mexico
Polish Meksyk, Miasto Meksyk
- Meksykcapital of Mexico
- Miasto Meksykcapital of Mexico
Portuguese México, Cidade do México
- Méxicocapital of Mexico
- Cidade do Méxicocapital of Mexico
Romanian Mexico
- Mexicocapital of Mexico
Russian Ме́хико
- Ме́хико (Méxiko)capital of Mexico
Slovak Mexiko
- Mexikocapital of Mexico
Spanish México, Ciudad de México
- Méxicocapital of Mexico
- Ciudad de Méxicocapital of Mexico
Swahili mji wa Meksiko
- mji wa Meksikocapital of Mexico
Swedish Mexico City
- Mexico Citycapital of Mexico
Tagalog Lungsod ng Mehiko
- Lungsod ng Mehikocapital of Mexico
Thai เม็กซิโกซิตี้
- เม็กซิโกซิตี้ (mék-sí-goo-sí-dtii)capital of Mexico
Turkish Meksika Kenti, Meksika Şehri
- Meksika Kenticapital of Mexico
- Meksika Şehricapital of Mexico
- Meksikocapital of Mexico
Ukrainian Ме́хіко
- Ме́хіко (Méxiko)capital of Mexico
Cite this entry
Mexico City. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexico%20City
“Mexico City.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexico%20City. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mexico City,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexico%20City.
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