BAJA CALIFORNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Baja California mean? 

• BAJA CALIFORNIA (noun)
  The noun BAJA CALIFORNIA has 1 sense:

1. a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico

  Familiarity information: BAJA CALIFORNIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAJA CALIFORNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Baja California; Lower California

Instance hypernyms:

peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Baja California"):

Tijuana (a Mexican city just to the south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula; popular among American tourists for racetracks and bullfights)

Domain member region:

Akwa'ala (a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in Baja California)

Holonyms ("Baja California" is a part of...):

Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)

 Context examples 

A state in Mexico comprising the southern half of the Baja California peninsula.

(Baja California Sur, NCI Thesaurus)

A state in Mexico comprising the northern half of the Baja California peninsula.

(Baja California, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers from the University of Granada, together with scientists from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), have identified the area of the brain that is directly involved in our aversion to toxic, spoiled or poisonous foods.

(Researchers identify area of the amygdala involved in taste aversion, University of Granada)