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BAJA CALIFORNIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico
Synonyms:
Baja California; Lower California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
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)