Baja California

English

Etymology

From Spanish Baja California (lower California).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.hɑː ˌkælɪˈfɔː(ɹ)n.jə/
  • Audio (Northern California):(file)

Proper noun

Baja California

  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.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • golfo de California
Divisions of the United Mexican States in English (layout · text)
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

Baja California f

  1. 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

Baja California f

  1. a state of Mexico

See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in Spanish (layout · text)
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

  1. Baja California (a state of Mexico)