GOLD COAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gold Coast mean? 

• GOLD COAST (noun)
  The noun GOLD COAST has 2 senses:

1. a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea

2. a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area

  Familiarity information: GOLD COAST used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLD COAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Ghana; Gold Coast; Republic of Ghana

Context example:

Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Gold Coast"):

Lake Volta (the Volta river in southeastern has been dammed to create one of the world's largest man-made lakes)

Accra; capital of Ghana (the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port)

Kumasi (a city in southern Ghana)

Tamale (a city in northern Ghana)

Volta (a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin)

Meronyms (members of "Gold Coast"):

Ewe (a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana)

Ghanian (a native or inhabitant of Ghana)

Holonyms ("Gold Coast" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan

Hypernyms ("gold coast" is a kind of...):

locality; neck of the woods; neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity (a surrounding or nearby region)