<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">An etymology that I have seen is "'in the middle of the moon', which was short for 'in the middle of the Lake of the Moon'".<br><br>Citlalyani<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 24/7/09, micc2 <i><micc2@cox.net></i></b> wrote:<br>> From: micc2 <micc2@cox.net><br><div id="yiv52517389">> The name Mexico has been interpreted by new Age types as "the place of
the navel of<br>> the moon," "the place of the navel of the maguey" ...<br><br>
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