Gold Coast

English <dab!> Etymology In reference to West Africa, a en pt Costa do Ouro 1, named for the export of gold from Ghana's Ashanti Region. In reference to Australia, originally an informal modification of the region's former name South Coast (from its location relative to Brisbane) owing to its relatively high prices during the 1940s and 1950s. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gold Coast.wav Southern England Proper noun gold coast en Q140075en city/and/lgarea in southeastern s/Queensland c/Australia. en 2020-04-24 Tom Hanks pens heartfelt letter to bullied Australian boy named Corona w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/24/tom-hanks-pens-heartfelt-letter-to-bullied-australian-boy-named-corona Tom Hanks has sent a letter and a Corona brand typewriter to an Australian boy who wrote to him about being bullied about his name, Corona. / Corona De Vries, an eight-year-old from the Gold Coast in Queensland, wrote to the Hollywood star after the actor and his wife, Rita Wilson, spent more than two weeks in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710030447/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/24/tom-hanks-pens-heartfelt-letter-to-bullied-australian-boy-named-corona en chiefly _ historical en region r/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. en historical en former colony of Portugal in r/West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Gold Coast. en historical en former colony of the Netherlands in r/West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Gold Coast. en historical en former colony of Sweden in r/West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Gold Coast. en historical en former colony of Denmark in r/West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Gold Coast. en historical en former colony of Brandenburg and Prussia in r/West Africa comprising their trading outposts along the Gold Coast. en Q503623 en historical en former colony of the United Kingdom in r/West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Gold Coast and its further northern conquests, now the independent state of Ghana. Coordinate terms Australian city and area en Sunshine Coast West African area en Ivory Coast, en Slave Coast, en Pepper Coast, en Grain Coast, en Skeleton Coast Derived terms en Gold Coaster Translations Q140075 Australian city and area Arabic: ar غُولْد كُوسْت m ḡuld kūst Bengali: bn গোল্ড কোস্ট, bn স্বর্ণ সৈকত Bulgarian: bg Гоулд Коуст m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 黃金海岸 Huángjīn Hǎi'àn Dutch: nl Gold Coast n Estonian: et Gold Coast Finnish: fi Gold Coast French: fr Gold Coast f German: de Gold Coast n Hindi: hi गोल्ड कोस्ट Hungarian: hu Gold Coast Japanese: ja ゴールドコースト Gōrudokōsuto Korean: ko ^골드코스트 Lithuanian: lt Gold Kostas Māori: mi Te Tai Kōura Persian: fa گلد کست Portuguese: pt Gold Coast Romanian: ro Gold Coast Russian: ru Голд-Ко́ст m Spanish: es Costa del Oro f Thai: th โกลด์โคสต์ gohnkôht Q503623 West African area and former British colony Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 黃金海岸 Huángjīn Hǎi'àn Dutch: nl Goudkust f Estonian: et Kullarannik Finnish: fi Kultarannikko French: fr Côte de l'Or German: de Goldküste f Greek: el Χρυσή Ακτή f Hausa: ha Gwalkwas Hungarian: hu Aranypart Korean: ko 골드코스트 goldeukoseuteu Portuguese: pt Costa do Ouro f Romanian: ro Coasta de Aur f Russian: ru Золото́й Бе́рег m en Ghana Africa United Kingdom Brandenburg, Germany Germany Portugal Sweden Denmark Netherlands Gold en terms calqued from Portuguese Portuguese Proper noun m,f pt city s/Queensland c/Australia Gold Coast