Definition of Monterey bay

1. Noun. An inlet of the Pacific Ocean in western California.

Group relationships: Ca, Calif., California, Golden State
Generic synonyms: Bay, Embayment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monterey Bay

Monte Bianco
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo fallacy
Monte Carlo method
Monte Carlo methods
Monte Cristo sandwich
Monteggia
Montego Bay
Montegonian
Montegonians
Montenegrin
Montenegrins
Montenegro
Montenegro test
Monterey
Monterey Bay
Monterey Jack
Monterey cypress
Monterey pine
Monterrey
Montespan
Montesquieu
Montessori
Montessorian
Montessorians
Monteverdi
Montevideo
Montez
Montezuma
Montezuma's revenge

Literary usage of Monterey bay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1912)
"Again at monterey bay.—Why It Was not Recognized.—A Council. ... SOME of the men still pretended to doubt that monterey bay had been passed or the Port of ..."

2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1906)
"... of monterey bay and the adjacent sea coast, the results of which will soon appear in a scries of systematic and morphological papers upon the families ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... on the Southern Pacific Railroad; about five miles from monterey bay, an arm of the Pacific Ocean, and 18 miles southeast of Santa Cruz. ..."

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