N.M.

 Dictionary entry overview: What does N.M. mean? 

• N.M. (noun)
  The noun N.M. has 1 sense:

1. a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border

  Familiarity information: N.M. used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• N.M. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Land of Enchantment; N.M.; New Mexico; NM

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "N.M."):

Taos (an artist colony in northern New Mexico)

Wheeler Peak (a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains)

Sacramento Mountains (mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande)

Pecos; Pecos River (a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas)

Llano Estacado (a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains)

Guadalupe Mountains (a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains)

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)

Colorado Plateau (a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner)

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)

Carlsbad Caverns (a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites)

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)

Brazos; Brazos River (a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico)

Chihuahuan Desert (a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico)

Silver City (a town in southwestern New Mexico)

capital of New Mexico; Santa Fe (capital of the state of New Mexico; located in north central New Mexico)

Roswell (a town in southeast New Mexico)

Los Alamos (a town in north central New Mexico; in 1942 it was chosen as a nuclear research site where the first atomic bombs were produced)

Las Cruces (a town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande)

Gallup (a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border)

Farmington (a town in northwestern New Mexico)

Carlsbad (a town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border; potash deposits)

Albuquerque (the largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river)

Carlsbad Caverns National Park (a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations)

Holonyms ("N.M." is a part of...):

Southwest; southwestern United States (the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado)

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (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; achieved independence in 1776)