Definition of Baja California

1. Noun. A mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Lower California
Geographical relationships: Akwa'ala
Group relationships: Mexico, United Mexican States
Terms within: Tijuana
Generic synonyms: Peninsula

Definition of Baja California

1. Proper noun. a mountainous peninsula of western Mexico between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California ¹

2. Proper noun. a state of Mexico that occupies the northern part of the peninsula ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baja California

Baillarger's bands
Baillarger's lines
Bailliart's ophthalmodynamometer
Bainbridge reflex
Baiomys
Baiomys taylori
Bairava
Baird's tapir
Baird's tapirs
Bairdiella
Bairdiella chrysoura
Bairiki
Baisakh
Baisakhi
Baja
Baja California (current term)
Baja California Sur
Baja Midnight
Bajan
Bajans
Bajau
Bajaus
Bajina Bašta
Bakelite
Baker
Baker's acid haematein
Baker's cyst
Baker's pyridine extraction
Baker Street
Bakerian

Literary usage of Baja California

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1909)
"Clavigero (FS) Historia de la antigua ó baja California; traducida del italiano por N. Garcia ... Explorations in the central part of Baja California. Map. ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"The collections in Baja California were made by Gustav Eisen and Frank H. ... For localities mentioned refer to map of Baja California, Proc. Gal. ..."

3. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"The Sierra de la Laguna is the main high mountain range in the arid state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. It is high and narrow, rising boldly from coastal ..."

4. Guide to Materials for the History of the United States in the Principal by Herbert Eugene Bolton (1913)
"Appointment of Maria Padres as jefe politico of Baja California. Carpeta 1828. Concerning separate jefes politicos for Alta and Baja California. ..."

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