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Baja California

American  
[bah-hah kal-uh-fawr-nyuh, -fawr-nee-uh, bah-hah kah-lee-fawr-nyah] / ˈbɑ hɑ ˌkæl əˈfɔr njə, -ˈfɔr ni ə, ˈbɑ hɑ ˌkɑ liˈfɔr njɑ /

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 British  
/ ˈbaehɑ /

noun

  1. the Spanish name for Lower California

  2. short for Baja California Norte

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Toyota currently builds the Tacoma in roughly equal numbers at plants in Guanajuato and Baja California in Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has identified a new species within this genus based on a fossil uncovered at a site in Baja California.

From Science Daily Apr. 27, 2026

They’re also a major tourist attraction during their annual 12,000-mile round-trip migration between the Arctic and their breeding lagoons in Baja California.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2026

Australian brothers Callum Robinson,33, and Jake, 30, along with their American friend, Jack Rhoad, 30 were killed during a surfing trip in Baja California on April 2024.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2025

He would know if there was a place where a mixed couple could live with something approaching safety, and maybe he could tell Wash something about Baja California.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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