proper noun/meɾˈθedes/
a female given name, equivalent to English Mercy (Mary, Our Lady of Mercy); Mercedes (a city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina).; Mercedes (a city, the capital of Mercedes department, Corrientes province, Argentina).; Mercedes (a department of Corrientes province, Argentina).; Mercedes (a district of Heredia canton, Heredia province, Costa Rica).
From mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy".