Mexiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Mexia

1. A surname from Spanish Mexía, a variant of Spanish Mejía (whence English Mejia).
   • 1966, The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, volume 69, page 195:

     Wavell mentioned also meeting a Mr. Mexia who told him that a Colonel Butler had said there were at least 300 families on Wavell's Red River grant. Wavell went on to say that Mexia '... informed me […] '

   • 2000, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Joy Dorothy Harvey, The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 890:

     Ynes Mexia's childhood and early adult life were fraught with trauma. When her mother, Sarah, married Enrique Mexia, an agent for the Mexican government, she already had six children from a previous marriage.

2. A city in Limestone County, Texas, in the United States.
   • 1919, Texas. Adjutant General's Office, Report, page 109:

     These fines were assessed by police of Mexia and the sheriff and his deputies, and not by courts of the county, and the city recorder, who is acting police judge of Mexia, as required by law. We condemn this method as […]