Gold Coast
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- proper noun
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Costa de Oro
- English traders made their first appearance on the Gold Coast in 1479, the Dutch in 1595, and later still, the Danes.
- Gold Coast, Ghana
- Ladies of the Gold Coast
- Gold Coast women
Examples
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In 1920, the Colonial Report for the Gold Coast listed 198 mission schools compared to 19 government schools.
Academic text (1996) -
During the colonial era, the region known as the Gold Coast was rich in natural resources and a significant trade hub.
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The Gold Coast was symbolic of the aspirations of all of black Africa.
Academic text (1992) -
The governor she appointed for the Gold Coast did not understand any Ghanaian language either.
Academic text (1995) -
Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, has had contact with Western Europe since 1471.
Academic text (2000) -
Formerly under British rule as the Gold Coast, Ghana emerged as the first African colony to secure its independence on March 6, 1957.
Academic text (2001) -
The position changed from the 1920s, with the rise of wage labor, but by then the Gold Coast had already become the world's largest exporter of cocoa.
Academic text (2005) -
Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch has aptly pointed out that while men's activism in the Gold Coast "has been much studied, women's probably comparable role has been less so."
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The independence movement in the Gold Coast paved the way for Ghana's eventual liberation from British rule.
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Before it became Ghana, the Gold Coast played a crucial role in the history of West Africa and European commerce.
Synonyms
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A country in West Africa by the Gulf of Guinea that has a rich history and many cultures
Surface Forms
Morphology
Gold + coast
The compound pairs 'gold' (a universal metaphor for value/wealth) with 'coast' (seaside), so a learner who knows both words can plausibly infer a meaning like 'a wealthy or luxurious coastal area.' However this is a metaphorical extension rather than a strictly literal composition and can be ambiguous with proper-name uses (e.g., the historical Gold Coast), so the relation is not fully predictable for all B1 learners.
Etymology
Gold Coast got its name from European traders who found lots of gold on the West African coast, so they called the area the 'Gold Coast'. That name was used for the British colony that later became Ghana.