My dictionary is no help with this :(

[24karrot.livejournal.com]

Puerto Rico - Пуэрто Рико or Пуерто Рико?
Mexico - Мехико or Мексико?

Google points towards the first for Puerto Rico, and is more or less split between Mexico. Russian Wikipedia says the last two, though.

What is it?

(спасибо :D)

Comments

[kart.livejournal.com]

When it comes to foreign words, spelling doesn't always match the pronounciation. Sometimes if the letters look more appropriate, the more direct letter-for-letter equivalent gets used.

Texas is Техас, not Тэксыс.

[wildash.livejournal.com]

There're different ways to translate foreign names. This is "transliteration"