The area that New Mexico occupies was named Nuevo Mexico before Mexico existed and was called Mexico
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captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 week agoThey claim it includes New Mexico, but I don’t see why we’d have a new Mexico when the old one is still perfectly good. Sounds fake to me
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socsa@piefed.social 1 week ago
Even old New Mexico was once New Amsterdam.