Lower California

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How to use Lower California in a sentence

  • For a long time after this failure to settle upon the coast, the Spanish came to Lower California for the pearl-fisheries.

    Stories of California | Ella M. Sexton
  • On the waters of Mexico and Lower California, however, they are met with in good numbers.

  • From another hill to the south he saw before his eyes the sandy stretches of Lower California.

    The Jesuits, 1534-1921 | Thomas J. Campbell
  • Quite common in southern California and much more so in Lower California.

    Western Bird Guide | Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed, Harry F. Harvey, and Rex I. Brasher
  • These are large, awkward looking birds, and are not uncommon in their somewhat restricted range in Lower California.

    Western Bird Guide | Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed, Harry F. Harvey, and Rex I. Brasher

British Dictionary definitions for Lower California

Lower California

noun
  1. 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: Spanish name: Baja California

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