bakersfield

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Definition of bakersfield in English English dictionary

City (pop., 2000: city, 247,057; metro. area, 661,645), southern California, U.S. Situated on the Kern River in the San Joaquin Valley, it was founded in 1869 by Thomas Baker. It was an agricultural area when the discovery of the Kern River oil fields in 1899 sparked a petroleum boom. The city was quickly rebuilt after a major earthquake in 1952. Nearby vineyards produce about a quarter of the wine made in California

{i} city in southern California (USA)

a city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley

Related Terms

Bakersfield sound

A style of country music developed and popularized during the 1950s and 1960s, featuring Fender Telecaster guitars, a drum backbeat, fiddles and steel guitars, along with stylistic touches from rock music

Hyphenation

Ba·kers·field

Turkish pronunciation

beykırzfild

Pronunciation

/ˈbākərzˌfēld/ /ˈbeɪkɜrzˌfiːld/