Gulf of California

proper noun

A body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland.

Similar
Sea of Cortez
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Meanings

proper nounthe Gulf of California
  1. A body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland.

    On the California side a vast desert stretches westward, past the head of the Gulf of California, nearly to the shore of the Pacific.

    1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19

    Synonyms: Sea of Cortez

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland.

Similar
Sea of Cortez
Also see
sea of cortez

Translations

Afrikaans Golf van Kalifornië
  • Golf van Kaliforniëbody of water
Arabic خَلِيج كَالِيفُورْنِيَا
  • خَلِيج كَالِيفُورْنِيَا (ḵalīj kālīfūrniyā)body of water
Basque Kaliforniako golkoa
  • Kaliforniako golkoabody of water
Bengali ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া উপসাগর
  • ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া উপসাগর (kêliphōrniẏa upośagor)body of water
Bulgarian Калифорнийски залив
  • Калифорнийски залив (Kalifornijski zaliv)body of water
Catalan golf de Califòrnia
  • golf de Califòrniabody of water
Chinese Mandarin 加利福尼亞灣 /加利福尼亚湾
  • 加利福尼亞灣 /加利福尼亚湾 (jiālìfúníyà wān)body of water
Czech Kalifornský záliv
  • Kalifornský zálivbody of water
Danish Californiske Golf, Californiske Bugt
  • Californiske Golfbody of water
  • Californiske Bugtbody of water
Dutch Golf van Californië
  • Golf van Californiëbody of water
Esperanto Kalifornia Golfo
  • Kalifornia Golfobody of water
Estonian California laht
  • California lahtbody of water
Finnish Kalifornianlahti
  • Kalifornianlahtibody of water
French golfe de Californie, mer Vermeille
  • golfe de Californiebody of water
  • mer Vermeillebody of water
German Golf von Kalifornien
  • Golf von Kalifornienbody of water
Greek Κόλπος της Καλιφόρνιας
  • Κόλπος της Καλιφόρνιας (Kólpos tis Kalifórnias)body of water
Hebrew מפרץ קליפורניה
  • מפרץ קליפורניה (mifráts kalifórnih)body of water
Hindi कैलिफ़ोर्निया की खाड़ी
  • कैलिफ़ोर्निया की खाड़ी (kailiforniyā kī khāṛī)body of water
Hungarian Kaliforniai-öböl
  • Kaliforniai-öbölbody of water
Icelandic Kaliforníuflói
  • Kaliforníuflóibody of water
Indonesian Teluk California
  • Teluk Californiabody of water
Irish Murascaill California
  • Murascaill Californiabody of water
Italian golfo di California
  • golfo di Californiabody of water
Japanese カリフォルニア湾
  • カリフォルニア湾 (Kariforunia-wan)body of water
Korean 칼리포르니아만
  • 칼리포르니아만 (kalliporeuniaman)body of water
Latvian Kalifornijas līcis
  • Kalifornijas līcisbody of water
Lithuanian Kalifornijos įlanka
  • Kalifornijos įlankabody of water
Malay Teluk California
  • Teluk Californiabody of water
Norwegian Bokmål Californiabukta
  • Californiabuktabody of water
Persian خلیج کالیفرنیا
  • خلیج کالیفرنیا (xalij kâliforniyâ)body of water
Polish Zatoka Kalifornijska
  • Zatoka Kalifornijskabody of water
Portuguese golfo da Califórnia, mar Bermejo
  • golfo da Califórniabody of water
  • mar Bermejobody of water
Punjabi ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ
  • ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ (kailīfornīā dī khāṛī)body of water
Romanian Golful California
  • Golful Californiabody of water
Russian Калифорни́йский зали́в
  • Калифорни́йский зали́в (Kaliforníjskij zalív)body of water
Slovak Kalifornský záliv
  • Kalifornský zálivbody of water
Spanish golfo de California
  • golfo de Californiabody of water
Swedish Californiaviken
  • Californiavikenbody of water
Tamil கலிபோர்னியா வளைகுடா
  • கலிபோர்னியா வளைகுடா (kalipōrṉiyā vaḷaikuṭā)body of water
Thai อ่าวกาลิฟอร์เนีย
  • อ่าวกาลิฟอร์เนีย (àao kaa-lí-fɔɔ-niia)body of water
Turkish Kaliforniya Körfezi
  • Kaliforniya Körfezibody of water
Ukrainian Каліфорні́йська зато́ка
  • Каліфорні́йська зато́ка (Kaliforníjsʹka zatóka)body of water
Vietnamese Vịnh California
  • Vịnh Californiabody of water
Cite this entry
APA

Gulf of California. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gulf%20of%20California

MLA

“Gulf of California.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gulf%20of%20California. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gulf of California,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gulf%20of%20California.

Source: Gulf of California on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.