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Gulf of California

Gulf of California proper noun: a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland.

Proper noun

the Gulf of California

  1. A body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland.
    • On the California side a vast desert stretches westward, past the head of the Gulf of California, nearly to the shore of the Pacific.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
    Synonyms:
    Sea of Cortez

Gulf of California meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

Gulf of California in Hindi

body of water
कैलिफ़ोर्निया की खाड़ी kailiforniyā kī khāṛī

Gulf of California in Tamil

body of water
கலிபோர்னியா வளைகுடா kalipōrṉiyā vaḷaikuṭā

Gulf of California in Marathi

body of water
कॅलिफोर्नियाचे आखात kĕliphorniyāce ākhāt

Gulf of California in Bengali

body of water
ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া উপসাগর kêliphōrniẏa upośagor
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Gulf of California in Malayalam
ഗൾഫ് ഓഫ് കാലിഫോർണിയ gaḷph ōphŭ kāliphōṟṇiya
Gulf of California in Punjabi
ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ kailīfornīā dī khāṛī
Gulf of California in Arabic
خَلِيج كَالِيفُورْنِيَا ḵalīj kālīfūrniyā
Gulf of California in Malay
Teluk California
Gulf of California in Indonesian
Teluk California
Gulf of California in Persian
خلیج کالیفرنیا xalij kâliforniyâ
Gulf of California in Thai
อ่าวกาลิฟอร์เนีย àao kaa-lí-fɔɔ-niia
Gulf of California in Vietnamese
Vịnh California

Synonyms of Gulf of California

Questions about Gulf of California

What does Gulf of California mean?
Gulf of California means a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland.
What is Gulf of California in Hindi?
Gulf of California in Hindi is कैलिफ़ोर्निया की खाड़ी (kailiforniyā kī khāṛī). See Gulf of California meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Gulf of California?
Gulf of California is a proper noun.

Words near Gulf of California in the dictionary

  1. Gulf of Antalya
  2. Gulf of Aqaba
  3. Gulf of Basra
  4. Gulf of Beibu
  5. Gulf of Bothnia
  6. Gulf of California
  7. Gulf of Carpentaria
  8. Gulf of Chihli
  9. Gulf of Corinth
  10. Gulf of Finland
  11. Gulf of Gaeta

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