墨西哥

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mexico. Attested in A Short Account of the Maritime Circuit (瀛寰志略) [1849] by Xu Jiyu.

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

墨西哥

1. Mexico (a country in North America)
   • 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 10, page 4:

     墨西哥本西班牙所改建，故語言文字，與西班牙同。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     墨西哥本西班牙所改建，故语言文字，与西班牙同。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Mòxīgē běn Xībānyá suǒ gǎijiàn, gù yǔyán wénzì, yǔ Xībānyá tóng. [Pinyin]

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   • 1854 November 1, “論銀事數條”, in 遐邇貫珍 [Chinese Serial], volume II, number 11, page 8:

     屢聞亞美利加之秘魯、智利、及墨西哥數處，所出之銀，其銀色較於唐銀更勝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     屡闻亚美利加之秘鲁、智利、及墨西哥数处，所出之银，其银色较于唐银更胜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     leoi⁵ man⁴ aa³ mei⁵ lei⁶ gaa¹ zi¹ bei³ lou⁵, zi³ lei⁶, kap⁶ mak⁶ sai¹ go¹ sou³ cyu³, so² ceot¹ zi¹ ngan⁴, kei⁴ ngan⁴ sik¹ gaau³ jyu¹ tong⁴ ngan⁴ gang³ sing³. [Jyutping]

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   • 墨西哥之亡于班也，焚其書，滅其文，戮其學人。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1950s, writing by ​Kim Yeong'ik (金永益)

     Mukseoga ji mang eo Ban ya, bun gi seo, myeol gi mun, ryuk gi hagin. [Sino-Korean]

     When Mexico was conquered by Spain, [the Spaniards] burnt their books, annihilated their writings, and massacred their learned men.

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mexico, in turn from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 墨西哥 (Mòxīgē).

Proper noun

墨西哥(メキシコ) • (Mekishiko) 

1. obsolete spelling of メキシコ (= Mexico): a country in North America