Bakersfield

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(bā′kərz fēld′)

city in SC Calif.: pop. 247,000

Origin: after Col. T. Baker, early landowner

See Bakersfield in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of south-central California at the southern end of the fertile San Joaquin Valley north-northwest of Los Angeles. Gold was discovered in the region in 1855 and petroleum in 1899. Population: 308,000.
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