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English noun: Barbary Coast

1. Barbary Coast (location) a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849)


SamplesWe'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!.


Broader (hypernym)city district

2. Barbary Coast (location) the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates


Instance hypernymcoast, sea-coast, seacoast, seashore


Part meronymBarbary









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