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) | ||
Samples | We'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 hypernym | coast, sea-coast, seacoast, seashore | ||
Part meronym | Barbary | ||