NOUN | location | Barbary Coast | 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) |
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location | Barbary Coast | the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates |
Meaning | 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). | |
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Broader | city district | A district of a town or city |
Meaning | The Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates. | |
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Instance of | seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast | The shore of a sea or ocean |
Part of | Barbary | A region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar |
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