Why is New Mexico called New Mexico?

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Why is New Mexico called New Mexico?

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because it use to be part of Mexico.. so they named it after mexico.. its the "New" Mexico.. like "New" York

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Probably because the name "Mexico" was taken.
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because the old one is across the border ,and if it was also called old Mexico the cow boys would all be vaquerros
"Nuevo Mexico" was apparently the name given by Spanish explorers in the 1560s to those lands lying north of the Rio Grande River (i.e., north of "old" Mexico).