Baja California

[ bah-hah kal-uh-fawr-nyuh, -fawr-nee-uh; Spanish bah-hah kah-lee-fawr-nyah ]

noun

1. a narrow peninsula in northwestern Mexico between the Gulf of California and the Pacific, forming two territories of Mexico. 55,634 sq. mi. (144,090 sq. km). : Mexicali (Northern Territory) and La Paz (Southern Territory).

Baja California

/ ˈbaehɑ /

noun

1. the Spanish name for Lower California
2. short for Baja California Norte

Example Sentences

“It’s a dream come true,” said Rigoberto Laborín Valdez, the undersecretary of sanitation and the protection of water in Baja California, gazing through a construction fence at the replacement pump station he brought to fruition.

From Voice of San Diego

Baja California is already contemplating how it might recycle Tijuana River water, an idea officials say is not new.

From Voice of San Diego

December has also proven the most difficult month of the pandemic for Baja California, Zeta reports.

From Voice of San Diego

In April, a Baja California judge said the government needed to adopt specific measures to safeguard the health and safety of migrants, which it has since done.

From Voice of San Diego

So far in 2020, 868 migrants have been arrested and deported from Baja California, El Sol de Tijuana reports.

From Voice of San Diego

Against the journey to Baja California, Carolina had baked a tremendous pot of brown beans and fried a hundred tortillas.

From Project Gutenberg

Until the present, few shell ornaments have been noted in the archaeology of Baja California.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Osborne has dealt with the netting, textiles, and cordage, and the distribution of their techniques outside Baja California.

From Project Gutenberg

If it were, it would be unusual for Baja California, where projectile shafts are usually of cane.

From Project Gutenberg

Comparable pieces have been seen, however, from mission ruins in central and northern Baja California.

From Project Gutenberg