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Golden Gate
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English
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Etymology
en la Porta Aurea and/or en grc Χρῡσὴ Πύλη 1 (as neo-Latin la-new Chrysopylae). en John C. Frémont American explorer, who explained, “To this Gate I gave the name of ‘Chrysopylae’, or ‘Golden Gate’; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called la Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn.” en in particular: can we verify that he coined the term?
Proper noun
1 Golden Gate
The strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.
en Golden Gate Bridge
en informal en Golden Gate Bridge.
en Christianity Islam Judaism The oldest of the current gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls, through which, according to Jewish tradition, the shekinah used to appear and will appear again when the Messiah comes.
Translations
Golden Gate Bridge
Anagrams
en adeegglnot Donglegate
en San Francisco