Name of Mexico Name of Mexico The name of Mexico has several hypotheses that entail the origin, history, and use of the name "Mexico", which dates back to 14th century Mesoamerica. The Nahuatl word "Mexico" means "place of the Mexica" but the ethnonym "Mexicatl" itself is of unknown etymology. An alternate possibility is that the name may come from the word "mexixin", a cress that grew in the swamplands of Lake Texcoco. It was an edible grass that the Aztecs or Mexica survived on as they settled where today lies México City. The country México did not name its capital after itself, as
Mose (Ancient Egyptian official) king's house, because the king is "pleased with the speech of his mouth". To the soldiers Ramesses says: "I wish you may see and do what His Majesty loves. How good is what he has done! Great, great!". Mose's name was cited in sources who looked to check the authenticity of The Exodus' story, his name was usually brought as similar in definition and pronunciation to Moses' Hebrew name: Moshe. Mose (Ancient Egyptian official) Mose was an Ancient Egyptian official who served in the court of 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II during the 13th century BC. Mose was a Soldier