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

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

In 1769, Franciscan Father Junipero Serra with 75 Spanish soldiers and a gang of Mexican muleteers journeyed 900 mi. overland from Lower California to the Pacific, which they reached at the sandspit of San Diego.

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

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