Baja
/ˈbɑː.hɑː/noun
A Spanish word meaning 'low' or 'down,' and also used as a geographic name, especially in Baja California.
Did you know?In Spanish place names, Baja often marks the “lower” part of a region, and the same Latin root behind it also lives on in words for humiliation and descent.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰedʰ-
“to be low, to go down”
Latin
Latin
bassus
“thick, stumpy, low”
Late Latin
Latin
bassiare
“to make low; to lower”
Old Spanish
Spanish
baja
“low; lower; the lower part”
Modern English
English
Baja
“A Spanish loanword and place-name element meaning low or lower”