N.Mex.

Geography & Places abbreviation · US State Traditional

N.Mex. stands for New Mexico, a US state traditional abbreviation.

Older and Government Publishing Office abbreviation of New Mexico, printed N. Mex. with a space in the GPO manual. It appears in federal publications, geological surveys and early 20th-century documents, while AP and The Bluebook use the shorter N.M.

Example: Specimens from Carlsbad, N.Mex., are held in the university's paleontology collection.

Usage notes

The longer form makes it obvious that Mexico is part of the name, which helps in tables that also list foreign countries. For mail, New Mexico's postal code is NM. Readers searching old archives should try N. Mex., N.M. and New Mex.

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