Barbary Coast Definition
Barbary Coast
coastal region of N Africa, extending from Egypt to the Atlantic, inhabited chiefly by Berbers and once (until early 19th cent.) dominated by pirates
the waterfront district in San Francisco from the gold rush of 1849 to the earthquake of 1906, known for its saloons, gambling places, & brothels
Etymology: after Barbary Coast
Etymology: < L Barbaria, lit., a foreign country: see barbarous
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