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Which is something I've heard for the first time in this thread. I understand it's true, but isn't it a bit of a legal formality? When you go thru Mexican custo
by BbzzbB 4y ago
Which is something I've heard for the first time in this thread. I understand it's true, but isn't it a bit of a legal formality? When you go thru Mexican customs, it says Mexico, not Estados Unidos Mexicanos or United Mexican States (from the North). The passport says Mexico in bold on top and the full formal name on the crest. The U.N. seat's plate says Mexico.
Americans tend to even abbreviate their country to the US or United States, which makes états-uniens fair game in my book. I could be off base, but do Mexicans ever designate their country as Estados Unidos?
- bombcar 4y agoThey don't, partially because "that name" is already taken by the so-called America. Arguably their name translates as "United Mexican States" whereas the USA has "of America" in it, nobody calls it the "United American States". My petition to rename the USA to solve this by labeling everything MURICA has stalled in committee it seems.
- Apocryphon 4y agoI wonder if there are any other United Kingdoms out there besides Britain.
- bombcar 4y agoApparently not https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/official-names-of-countries https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/official-... - the UK name is a particular oddity based on how it came about (most other "united kingdoms" have probably become republics or absorbed the smaller kingdom).