Gold Coast

noun8

1. •
   A city and local government area in southeastern Queensland, Australia.
2. •
   (historical) A region of West Africa on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Volta River, now comprising the coast of Ghana.
3. •
   (historical) A former colony of Portugal in West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Gold Coast.
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   (historical) A former colony of the Netherlands in West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Gold Coast.
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   (historical) A former colony of Sweden in West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Gold Coast.
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   (historical) A former colony of Denmark in West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Gold Coast.
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   (historical) A former colony of Brandenburg and Prussia in West Africa comprising their trading outposts along the Gold Coast.
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   (historical) A former colony of the United Kingdom in West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Gold Coast and its further northern conquests, now the independent state of Ghana.