Why do people say viva mexico

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Louis - South City St. Louis - South Grand St. Louis - St. Louis Hills St. I of course ask because of the "o" ending as most "o" endings are masculine but "la" just feels right. Is the word Mexico one of those rare words that although it ends in "a" is female?

This guy, if that means anything to you, has a PhD from a Mexican university, so he has -unless most people- spent many years in a formal education system, and you notice immediately because of the absence of spelling and grammatical mistakes when he writes or talks. So, is the lesson that we should not use articles in front of country names?

With a few exceptions, such as Los Estados Unidos We call it La Plaza Mexico, which is feminine. You'd only say el Mexico if it referred to a place like a stadium called Mexico , but I don't know of any Toggle navigation Subscribe. By Tim Cato Dec 13, And then he said this. It was a surprised cheer, one that rose in volume as the crowd processed what was said. He just wanted to show them this. Of course, the crowd swelled with noise in appreciation and amusement.

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