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Definition: Gold Coast |
Gold CoastNoun1. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Places
- The Gold Coast was the original name for Ghana, during the British colonial period.
- Gold Coast, Australia - the popular tourist destination in Queensland
- Gold Coast, Florida - is the Florida east coast from Miami to West Palm Beach
- Gold Coast, California - the central Californian coast near Ventura, CA
- The Long Island north shore is also known as the Gold Coast
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The Gold Coast is a coastal region approximately 100(?) kilometres south of Brisbane, Australia that, over the past 50 years, has coalesced from a collection of scattered villages into a city of approximately 400,000 people - Australia's sixth largest - and Australia's largest tourist resort.The subtropical climate, attractive surf beaches (the northernmost surf beaches in eastern Australia - ones further north are sheltered by the Great Barrier Reef), and savvy marketing have attracted millions of tourists both domestically and internationally, and a large industry has arisen to support them. The narrow coastal strip is consequently covered with high-rise apartments, hotels, nightclubs, and the usual assortment of shops selling cheap tourist paraphenalia.
Like the Florida coastline, the area also attracts large numbers of retired people.
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Other places also use the name Gold Coast
- History of the region (first surfers in the 1950s, development through the Joh era, the arrival of Japanese tourists and developersin the 1980s).
- Description of the city (mention the hinterland development, for instance, the theme parks, the casino, golf courses etc).
- Environmental issues (they have to pump the sand onto the beaches)
- Reputation in Australia (cultural desert and retirement home)
- visitors guide (best time to visit, major events, etc).
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Synonyms: Gold CoastSynonyms: Ghana (n), Republic of Ghana (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gold Coast |
| English words defined with "Gold Coast": Ghana ♦ Republic of Ghana. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Gold Coast": sand diamonds. (references) |
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Lyrics | Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields (BROWN SUGAR; performing artist: Rolling Stones) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Here Is the Gold Coast (1947) Gold Coast (1997) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Elemina - Gold Coast. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Nine Gold Coast women and children posed. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Wooden sculpture of mother and child from the Ashanti tribe, Gold Coast. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Economic History | Ghana | In 1821, the British Government took control of the British trading forts on the Gold Coast. (references) |
Ghana | The first contact between Europe and the Gold Coast dates from 1470, when a party of Portuguese landed. (references) | |
Togo | During the mandate and trusteeship periods, western Togo was administered as part of the British Gold Coast. (references) | |
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Expression using "Gold Coast": the gold coast. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "Gold Coast"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Goudkus (Gold). (various references) | |
Dutch | Goudkust. (various references) | |
Esperanto | Ora Bordo. (various references) | |
Greek | χρυσή ακτή. (various references) | |
Hungarian | milliomosnegyed. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oldgay oastcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | CostadoOuro. (various references) | |
Swedish | guldkusten (the gold coast). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Cassida. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-g-l-o-o-s-t" | |
-2 letters: galoots. | |
-3 letters: cloots, cologs, costal, galoot, gloats, octads. | |
-4 letters: acold, altos, ascot, calos, clads, clags, clast, clods, clogs, cloot, clots, coals, coast, coats, codas, colas, colds, colog, colts, cools, coots, costa, dagos, datos, doats, dolts, dotal, gaols, glads, gloat, glost, goads, goals, goats, golds, goods, loads, locos, logos, loots, lotas, lotos, octad, octal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-g-l-o-o-s-t" | |
+3 letters: cardiologist. | |
+4 letters: cardiologists, consolidating, dactylologies, zygodactylous. | |
+5 letters: dialectologies, dialectologist. | |
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