English > New Mexico: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border. |
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| Synonyms | Land of Enchantment, NM, N.M. |
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| Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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| Part of | Southwest, southwestern United States | The southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado |
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| United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Parts | Albuquerque | The largest city in New Mexico |
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| Brazos, Brazos River | A river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico |
| Canadian, Canadian River | A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma |
| Carlsbad | A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border |
| Carlsbad Caverns | A group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites |
| Carlsbad Caverns National Park | A national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations |
| Chihuahuan Desert | A desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico |
| Cimarron, Cimarron River | A river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River |
| Colorado Plateau | A large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains |
| Farmington | A town in northwestern New Mexico |
| Gallup | A town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border |
| Gila, Gila River | A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River |
| Guadalupe Mountains | A mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas |
| Las Cruces | A town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande |
| Llano Estacado | A large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains |
| Los Alamos | A town in north central New Mexico |
| Pecos, Pecos River | A tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas |
| Roswell | A town in southeast New Mexico |
| Sacramento Mountains | mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande |
| Santa Fe, capital of New Mexico | Capital of the state of New Mexico |
| Silver City | A town in southwestern New Mexico |
| Taos | An artist colony in northern New Mexico |
| Wheeler Peak | A mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains |
| Spanish | New Mexico, Nuevo Méjico, Nuevo México |
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| Catalan | New Mexico, Nou Mèxic, Nou Mèxico |
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