Etymology

Baja California

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Spanish Baja California
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromBaja California“lower California”
  2. English todayBaja California

From Spanish Baja California (“lower California”).

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