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New Mexico Symbols, State Names
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Nick Name
Southwest
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Land of Enchantment - Before 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.
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“Otro” which possibly meant another Mexico
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New Andalusia
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Land of Sunshine
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Cactus State
Origin of 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.
Postal Code
NM
Resident's Name
New Mexican
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