Baja California
See also: Baja Califórnia
English
Etymology
From Spanish Baja California (“lower California”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.hɑː ˌkælɪˈfɔː(ɹ)n.jə/
Audio (US, Northern California) (file)
Proper noun
- A peninsula in Mexico A mountainous peninsula of western Mexico between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California; administered as the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.
- A state of Mexico that occupies the northern part of the peninsula.
- (historical) A province of Mexico, New Spain, North America, created by splitting the colony of California into Baja California and Alta California.
Derived terms
- Baja
- Baja California Norte
- Baja California Sur
- Baja Norte
- Baja Sur
Related terms
Translations
mountainous peninsula
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state of Mexico
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See also
- golfo de California
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbaxa kaliˈfoɾnja/ [ˌba.xa ka.liˈfoɾ.nja]
Audio: (file) - Syllabification: Ba‧ja Ca‧li‧for‧nia
See also
- Baja California on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Turkish
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