Quay, New Mexico as the 47th state in the Union on January 6, 1912. Sometime before 1926, the settlement was moved to the northwest to its present location near the newly constructed New Mexico State Highway 209, which stretches through the broad valley known as Quay Valley. Quay, New Mexico Quay is an unincorporated community in Quay County, New Mexico, United States. It is located approximately south of Tucumcari on New Mexico State Highway 209. Settlement of the community of Quay began "circa" 1902. In 1904, the community received its official name following the establishment of its post office. The name "Quay" honors
Name of Argentina "equivalent and valid" denominations. Then on October 8, 1860, President Santiago Derqui decreed the official name to be República Argentina. In common speech, the country is referred to as "la Argentina" (the Argentine) in Spanish, bypassing the noun in any of the above expressions ("the Argentine [land]", "the Argentine [Republic]", etc.). Name of Argentina The name of Argentina (a Spanish adjective meaning "silvery"), traditionally called the Argentine in English, is ultimately derived from the Latin "argentum" "silver" and the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus, the Latin "argentum" has its origin from the ancient Greek-Hellenic word "argyro(s)", άργυρο(ς) meaning silver.