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Golden Gate Bridge

noun

  1. a bridge connecting northern California with San Francisco peninsula. 4,200-foot (1,280-meter) center span.


Golden Gate Bridge

  1. A long suspension bridge across the Golden Gate, a strait that connects San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean . For decades after it was opened in the 1930s, it had the longest span of any suspension bridge in the world.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Golden Gate Bridge1

First recorded in 1930–35

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Example Sentences

It was the government that created the middle class, as well as the Golden Gate Bridge!

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