Baja California
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Baja California
- /ˈbɑ.hɑ ˌkælɪˈfoɹn.jə/ US
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From Spanish Baja California (“lower California”).
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.
- A province of Mexico, New Spain, North America, created by splitting the colony of California into Baja California and Alta California.