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Gold Coast

–noun
1. a former British territory in W Africa; now a part of Ghana.
2. a wealthy residential area along a shore, as in Florida between Miami and Palm Beach or in Chicago along the shore of Lake Michigan.
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gold coast  
n.   Informal
  1. A rich neighborhood.

  2. The executive suite or suites in a company's headquarters.


[After the Gold Coast.]
Gold Coast   (gōld)   
  1. A section of coastal western Africa along the Gulf of Guinea roughly corresponding to present-day Ghana. It was named for the large quantities of gold formerly found in the area and brought to the coast for sale.

  2. A former British colony (1874-1957) on the Gold Coast, now part of Ghana.

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