It’s not accurate. While Mexico as a country exists from 1810, Mexico, as a nation, existed way before the Spanish Conquistadores came to the Americas. Mexico was founded into two sister prehispanic cities called Mexico-Tenochtitlan and Mexico-Tlatelolco in 1325 and 1337, respectively. Moreover, even after Spain conquered Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, and their allies, the city they founded on top was never called different. It wasn’t called Nueva Madrid, even though the colony was called Nueva España. So, “Mexico” existed way before, during and after the Spanish occupation, and it is indeed why the Spanish called the area New Mexico, a word they never heard before they came to the Americas (América).
It’s not accurate. While Mexico as a country exists from 1810, Mexico, as a nation, existed way before the Spanish Conquistadores came to the Americas. Mexico was founded into two sister prehispanic cities called Mexico-Tenochtitlan and Mexico-Tlatelolco in 1325 and 1337, respectively. Moreover, even after Spain conquered Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, and their allies, the city they founded on top was never called different. It wasn’t called Nueva Madrid, even though the colony was called Nueva España. So, “Mexico” existed way before, during and after the Spanish occupation, and it is indeed why the Spanish called the area New Mexico, a word they never heard before they came to the Americas (América).