English Explanatory Dictionary

Gadsden Purchase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla in 1854.

Word forms

Gadsden Purchase the Gadsden Purchase

Etymology

Named after James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

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