Gullkysten

Norwegian Bokmål no:Gullkysten,Gullkysten (britisk koloni) thumb|A 1727 map showing the Gold Coast and neighboring West African coastal regions. thumb|The flag of the British Gold Coast. thumb|Elmina Castle in present-day Ghana. Etymology nb ine-pro *ǵʰelh₃- From nb gull kysten gold the coast, literally “the Gold Coast”. The name belongs to a historical European naming tradition in which stretches of the West African coast were named after important commodities traded there; here it refers to the historical gold trade. The precise language from which the Norwegian formation was immediately modelled is uncertain. The first element nb gull gold is from nb non gull gold, from nb gem-pro *gulþą gold, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root ine-pro *ǵʰelh₃- green, yellow. The second element nb kysten the coast is the definite singular of nb kyst coast, from nb de Küste, from nb fro coste coast, side, ultimately from nb la costa side, rib. Parallel formations include da Guldkysten, sv Guldkusten, nl Goudkust and en Gold Coast. Pronunciation nb /²ɡʉlːˌçʏs.tən/ [ˈɡʉ̌lːˌçʏs.tn̩] nb ʏstən 3 nb Gull kys ten Proper noun nb proper noun nb historical Gold Coast; a historical coastal region in West Africa, along the Gulf of Guinea, named for the gold trade and corresponding approximately to the coast of present-day Ghana. nb Elmina ble et viktig handelssentrum på Gullkysten. Elmina became an important trading center on the Gold Coast. nb 18 April 2016 Maren Sæbø Gullkysten Dagsavisen https://www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/gullkysten/7739479 Vestkysten av Afrika fikk navn etter hvilke råvarer som ble hentet ut – Pepperkysten, Gullkysten, Elfenbenskysten og Slavekysten. The west coast of Africa was named after the commodities extracted there – the Pepper Coast, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast and Slave Coast. https://web.archive.org/web/20260918172358/https://www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/gullkysten/7739479 18 September 2026 nb historical Gold Coast; a former British colony in West Africa, established in 1874 and becoming independent as Ghana in 1957. nb Britisk styre på Gullkysten tok slutt da Ghana ble selvstendig i 1957. British rule on the Gold Coast ended when Ghana became independent in 1957. nb 25 November 2024 Gullkysten Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Gullkysten Gullkysten var en britisk koloni i Vest-Afrika i årene 1874–1957, se Ghana. The Gold Coast was a British colony in West Africa from 1874 to 1957; see Ghana. https://web.archive.org/web/20260923134342/https://snl.no/Gullkysten 23 September 2026 Usage notes The name nb Gullkysten is historical. It can refer either to the West African coastal region or, more specifically, to the former British colony that became nb Ghana Ghana. References “Gullkysten” in Store norske leksikon. “Ghanas historie” in Store norske leksikon. “Historiske navn” at Språkrådet. nb geographic and cultural areas of Africa nb former dependent territories nb exonyms