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GOLD COAST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area
Example:
Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("gold coast" is a kind of...):
locality; neck of the woods; neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity (a surrounding or nearby region)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea
Example:
Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British
Synonyms:
Ghana; Gold Coast; Republic of Ghana
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
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)
