mexican_war
1. [ noun ] (military) after disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the US declared war on Mexico in 1846 and by treaty in 1848 took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $15,000,000
Related terms: war Mexico Chapultepec Buena_Vista
Similar spelling:   Mexican_tea
  mexican_green
  mexicano
  Mexican_hat
  Mexican_peso
  Mexican_onyx
  mexican_mint
  Mexican_poppy
  mexican_valium
  Mexican_hyssop