Tehachapi — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A city in Kern County, California, United States.

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   Folsom, another well-known institution, opened in 1880. Between 1880 and 1933, when a facility for women was opened in Tehachapi, there was not a single new prison constructed. In 1952, the California Institution for Women opened and Tehachapi became a new prison for men. In all, between 1852 and 1955, nine prisons were constructed in California.

2. Synonym of Kawaiisu (“a Uto-Aztecan language”).

3. A mountain range in California, United States, separating the Central Valley from the Mojave Desert, part of the Transverse Ranges.