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| Acapulco |
a port city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico, known for its resorts and water sports. |
| Albuquerque |
the largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, located in the central region. |
| Apache |
any member of a formerly nomadic North American Indian tribe chiefly inhabiting the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [1/2 definitions] |
| Arapaho |
a member of a North American Indian tribe that formerly lived in the western plains from Texas and New Mexico to Canada, and now lives in Oklahoma and Wyoming. [1/2 definitions] |
| Arizona |
a southwestern U.S. state between California and New Mexico. (abbr.: AZ) |
| axolotl |
any of various salamanders esp. of the southwestern United States and Mexico that mature sexually and breed while in the larval stage, still having gills. |
| AZ |
abbreviation of "Arizona," a southwestern U.S. state between California and New Mexico. |
| Aztec |
a member of an Indian people who had an advanced civilization in central Mexico before the Spaniards conquered them in 1519. [1/4 definitions] |
| Belize |
a country on the Caribbean, bordered by Guatemala and Mexico. [1/2 definitions] |
| bullfight |
a ceremonial sport practiced esp. in Spain and Mexico in which banderilleros and picadors first goad and tire a specially bred bull, and then a matador with a cape and sword provokes the bull into charging him several times, and finally kills it. |
| cantina |
in Mexico and the southwestern United States, a saloon or bar. |
| chuckwalla |
a large lizard, related to the iguana, that lives in the deserts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. |
| Clovis point |
the oldest known type of flint tool in North America, esp. spearheads, dating to approximately 13,500 years ago and found near Clovis, New Mexico. |
| CO1 |
abbreviation of "Colorado," a western U.S. state bordered by Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico, and Utah. |
| coati |
a small tree-dwelling mammal, related to the raccoon, with a flexible snout and long ringed tail, found in Mexico and Central and South America. |
| cochineal insect |
any of a family of tropical insects that feeds on certain cactuses, esp. in Mexico, the female of which is the source of a brilliant red dye. |
| Colorado |
a western U.S. state bordered by Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico, and Utah. (abbr.: CO) [1/2 definitions] |
| creosote bush |
an evergreen, resinous shrub of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, having a strong odor similar to that of creosote. |
| cumbia |
a Colombian folk dance, variations of which are popular in Mexico, Argentina, and other Latin-American countries. |
| frijol |
any of numerous beans, esp. the kidney bean, used for food in the southwestern United States or Mexico. [1/2 definitions] |
| Gila monster |
a large poisonous lizard of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, with a stubby tail and scaly rings of black and orange, yellow, or pink covering its skin. |
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