English Explanatory Dictionary

Gold Coast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city and local government area in southeastern Queensland, Australia.
  2. A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, consisting of what is now Ghana.
  3. A region of West Africa, Africa, on the coast of Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic. The region was later incorporated into the eponymous British colony, that later became Ghana.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gold Coast.wav

Word forms

Gold Coast

Etymology

gold + coast. * (Ghana): From the preponderance of gold found in the region of Ghana, an area bordering the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa.

Related words

Sunshine Coast

Derived words

Gold Coaster

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 黃金海岸 /黄金海岸 Dutch: Goudkust Estonian: Kullarannik Finnish: Kultarannikko French: Côte de l'Or German: Goldküste Greek: Χρυσή Ακτή Hausa: Gwalkwas Hungarian: Aranypart Korean: 골드코스트 Portuguese: Costa do Ouro Romanian: Coasta de Aur Russian: Золото́й Бе́рег
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