LOWER CALIFORNIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Lower California mean? • LOWER CALIFORNIA (noun)
The noun LOWER CALIFORNIA has 1 sense:
1. a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico
Familiarity information: LOWER CALIFORNIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LOWER CALIFORNIA (noun)
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 "Lower California"):
Tijuana (a Mexican city just south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula; popular among American tourists for racetracks and bullfights)
Holonyms ("Lower California" is a part of...):
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
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