MEXICO CITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mexico City mean? 

• MEXICO CITY (noun)
  The noun MEXICO CITY has 1 sense:

1. the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities

  Familiarity information: MEXICO CITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEXICO CITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Mexico; Ciudad de Mexico; Mexican capital; Mexico City

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Mexico City" is a part of...):

Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)

 Context examples 

The study, led by Dr. Rafael Navarro-González and his team of scientists at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, used a combination of theoretical models and experimental data to investigate the role hydrogen plays in altering nitrogen into nitrites and nitrates using energy from asteroid impacts.

(Asteroids, Hydrogen Make Great Recipe for Life on Mars, NASA)