How to Say "Mexico" in Mexico

In Mexico, the country's name is pronounced "México" (MEH-hee-koh). The Spanish 'x' historically represented a 'sh' sound (like in Nahuatl), but in modern Mexican Spanish it's a soft 'h' (like English 'h' in 'hello'). So it sounds like "MEH-hee-koh," not "MEX-i-co." The accent marks the stressed syllable.