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| (1485–1547), first of the Spanish conquistadors. He overthrew the Aztec empireby conquering its capital, Tenochtitlán, in 1519 and by deposing its emperor,Montezuma. In 1521, he destroyed Tenochtitlán completely, establishedMexico City as the capital of New Spain (now Mexico), and served briefly as its governor. |
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| a conqueror, esp. one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: Spanish. |
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| a former Spanish viceroyalty established in Central and North America in 1535that was centered around present-day Mexico City. It was comprised of all the land under Spanish control north of the Isthmus of Panama and included parts of the southern US. It also came to include the Spanish possessions in the Caribbean and the Philippines. The viceroyalty was abolished in 1821, when Mexico achieved independence. |
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a man of mixed race, esp. the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian.
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| a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area. |
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| Spanish explorer. He accompanied Columbus on his secondvoyage to the New World in 1493, became governor of Puerto Rico 1510–12, and landed on the coast of Florida near what became St. Augustine in 1513, claiming the area for Spain. |
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| a state in the southwestern US, on the border with Mexico; pop. 1,984,356 (est. 2008); capital, Santa Fe; statehood, Jan. 6, 1912 (47). It was obtained from Mexico in 1845 (annexation of Texas), 1848 (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgothat ended the Mexican-American War), and 1853 (Gadsden Purchase). |
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| The head of the Coptic Church, the bishop or patriarch of Alexandria |
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| the owner of a business, or a holder of property. |
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