Answer: Mexico did not always go by Mexico. When Mexico and parts of central United States were claimed by the Spanish it was called Viceroyalty of New Spain. Natives in the area had always called their homelands Mexico, though. The offical name of Mexico was actually drawn from it's Aztec roots. The Aztec capital was called Mexico-Tenochtitlan, which is now modern day Mexico City; this densely populated city was actually where Mexico got it's name instead of the other way around. The Mexican flag consists of three main colors. These colors are green (left) white (center) and red (right). In the center there is an eagle killing a rattle snake which represents victory.
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The origins of Mexico’s name came from the fact that many different native peoples made up the Aztec Empire, which was located in central Mexico, and they referred to themselves as the “Mexica”. When the Spaniards arrived called their new colony and capital city Mexico after it’s native inhabitants, the Mexican people. The origins of the Mexican flag came from a legend of the Aztecs where the god Huitzilopochtli told them to settle where they saw an eagle perched on a cactus and devouring a serpent.
