Baja California
See also: Baja Califórnia
English
Etymology
From Spanish Baja California (“lower California”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.hɑː ˌkælɪˈfɔː(ɹ)n.jə/
Audio (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
Related terms
Translations
mountainous peninsula
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state of Mexico
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See also
- golfo de California
| States: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas |
| Autonomous city: Mexico City |
Portuguese
Proper noun
- alternative form of Baixa Califórnia
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbaxa kaliˈfoɾnja/ [ˌba.xa ka.liˈfoɾ.nja]
Audio (Chile): (file) Audio: (file) - Syllabification: Ba‧ja Ca‧li‧for‧nia
Proper noun
See also
| Estados: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · México · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas |
| Ciudad autónoma: Ciudad de México |
Turkish
Proper noun
- Baja California (a state of Mexico)