Lower California

American  

[loh-er] / ˈloʊ ər /

noun

1. Baja California.

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Lower California British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

And in previous discussions I have suggested that it might be well for us to take up with our brothers of Mexico the acquisition of what is known as Lower California.

From Time Magazine Archive

During 1846, the U.S. occupied the Pacific coast from the 49th parallel to Lower California, and became a continental power.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last year former President Pascual Ortiz Rubio ordered General Arturo Campillo Seyde to go up to Lower California and see what was going on.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today that part of Lower California is about as dry as possible; Dr. Hubbs thinks that the region probably got more rain during both its warm and its cold spells.

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