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Southern California , often abbreviated as SoCal , is a geographic and ___MASK47___ that generally comprises California ' s 10 southernmost counties . The region is traditionally described as ___MASK20___ counties , based on demographics and economic ties : Imperial , Los Angeles , Orange , Riverside , San Bernardino , San Diego , Santa Barbara , and Ventura . The more extensive 10 - county definition , which includes Kern and San Luis Obispo counties , is also used based on historical political divisions . Southern California is a major economic center for the state of California and the United States . Nevada ( Spanish for " snowy "; see pronunciations ) is a ___MASK2___ in the Western , ___MASK85___ West , and Southwestern regions of the United States of America . Nevada is the 7th most extensive , the 34th most populous , and the 9th least densely populated of the 50 United States . Nearly three - quarters of Nevada ' s ___MASK51___ live in Clark County , which contains the Las Vegas  Paradise metropolitan area where three of the ___MASK2___ ' s four largest incorporated cities are located . Nevada ' s ___MASK46___ is Carson City . Nevada is officially known as the " Silver State " because of the importance of silver to its ___MASK67___ and economy . It is also known as the " Battle Born State ", because it achieved statehood during the Civil War ( the words " Battle Born " also appear on the ___MASK2___ ___MASK74___ ); as the " Sage - brush State ", for the native plant of the same name ; and as the " Sage - hen State ". Nevada borders Oregon to the northwest , Idaho to the northeast , California to the west , Arizona to the southeast and Utah to the east . A ___MASK89___ is a ___MASK81___ region of a country used for administrative or other purposes , in certain modern nations . The term is derived from the Old French " conté " or " cunté " denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count ( earl ) or a viscount . The modern French is " comté ", and its equivalents in other languages are " contea ", " contado ", " comtat ", " condado ", " Grafschaft ", " graafschap ", " ___MASK48___ ", etc . ( cf . " conte ", " comte ", " conde ", " Graf "). The ___MASK76___ , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial ___MASK46___ of the world . ___MASK10___ ( Spanish for " The Angels "), officially the City of ___MASK10___ and often known by its initials L . A ., is the second - most populous city in the United States ( after New York City ), the most populous city in California and the county seat of ___MASK10___ County . Situated in Southern California , ___MASK10___ is known for its mediterranean climate , ethnic diversity , sprawling metropolis , and as a major center of the American entertainment ___MASK99___ . ___MASK10___ lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over . An arterial ___MASK61___ or arterial ___MASK80___ is a high - capacity urban ___MASK61___ . The primary function of an arterial ___MASK61___ is to deliver traffic from ___MASK30___ roads to freeways or expressways , and between urban centres at the highest level of service possible . As such , many arteries are limited - access roads , or feature restrictions on private access . Baja California , officially the Free and ___MASK34___ of Baja California , is a state in Mexico . It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 31 states which , with Mexico ___MASK60___ , comprises the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico . Before becoming a state in 1953 , the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California (" El Territorio Norte de Baja California "). It has an area of , or 3 . 57 % of the land ___MASK4___ of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California Peninsula , north of the 28th parallel , plus oceanic Guadalupe ___MASK18___ . The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean , on the east by Sonora , the U . S . State of Arizona , and the Gulf of California ( also known as the " ___MASK49___ of Cortez "), and on the south by Baja California Sur . Its northern limit is the U . S . state of California . The Pacific ___MASK53___ is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic ___MASK53___ in the north to the Southern ___MASK53___ ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . California is the most populous ___MASK2___ in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific ___MASK53___ ) coast of the U . S ., California is bordered by the other U . S . states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international ___MASK17___ with the Mexican ___MASK2___ of Baja California . The ___MASK2___ ___MASK46___ is Sacramento . Los Angeles is California ' s most populous city , and the country ' s second largest after New York City . The ___MASK2___ also has the nation ' s most populous county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . A mediterranean ___MASK56___ or dry summer ___MASK56___ is the ___MASK56___ typical of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin . The lands around the Mediterranean ___MASK49___ form the largest area where this ___MASK56___ type is found , but it also is found in most of coastal California , in parts of Western and South Australia , in southwestern South Africa , sections of Central Asia , and in central Chile . Arizona ( O ' odham : " Al onak " [ ai onak ]) is a ___MASK2___ in the southwestern region of the United States . It is also ___MASK45___ of the Western United States and the Mountain West states . It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states . Its ___MASK46___ and largest city is Phoenix . Arizona is one of the Four Corners states . It has borders with New Mexico , Utah , Nevada , California , and Mexico , and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado . Arizona ' s border with Mexico is 389 miles ( 626 km ) long , on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California . The Miracle Mile in ___MASK10___ , California , is an area in the Mid - Wilshire district and partially in the Mid - City West subregion consisting of a 1 . 5 - mile ( 2 . 4 km ) stretch of Wilshire Boulevard between Fairfax and Highland Avenues . Wilshire ___MASK92___ is one of the ___MASK21___ east - west arterial roads in Los Angeles , California .