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

  1. 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.
  2. A state of Mexico that occupies the northern part of the peninsula.
  3. historical A province of Mexico, New Spain, North America, created by splitting the colony of California into Baja California and Alta California.

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