Me:xi'co = moon navel, maguey navel, E.T.'s navel....??

[ANTHONY APPLEYARD]

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'".

Citlalyani

--- On Fri, 24/7/09, micc2 <micc2 at cox.net> wrote:
> From: micc2 <micc2 at cox.net>
> The name Mexico has been interpreted by new Age types as "the place of
the navel of
> the moon,"  "the place of the navel of the maguey" ...


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