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Lower California

American

[loh-er] / ˈloʊ ər /

noun

Baja California.

Lower California British

noun

Spanish name: Baja California. a mountainous peninsula of NW Mexico, between the Pacific and the Gulf of California: administratively divided into the states of Baja California (or Baja California Norte) and Baja California Sur

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Lately he spent seven weeks in the Lower California Military Zone, just over the border from the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Hubbs believes that 300 years ago the weather was more tropical along the Lower California coast.

From Time Magazine Archive

As early as 1899 he launched a syndicate which bought up 862,000 acres of Lower California.

From Time Magazine Archive

After many days at sea they put in at Magdalena Bay, near the tip of Lower California, but the Mexican coast guard sent them on their way.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not part of mainland Mexico, Ensenada was located on the long, narrow peninsula that hung down the western coast and was known as Baja, or Lower, California.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

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