barbary coast
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1. the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates (noun.location)
| part meronym | : | barbary, |
| definition | : | a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries (noun.location) |
2. 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) (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | city district, |
| definition | : | a district of a town or city (noun.location) |
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