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President Trump calls on New Mexico to change its name to ‘New America’
(edition.cnn.com)
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It was in Mexico when it got its name. Still stupid to rename it though
It was named well before Mexico was a country, actually. But it was named after the Aztec's Valley of Mexico. First there was the valley, then their was the Spanish owned lands north of the Rio Grande, then came the nation, then came the state but maintaining the old Spanish name (translated to English).