barbary coast

Noun
  1. 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) (synset 108520660)
    "we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!"
    is a type of: city district - a district of a town or city
  2. The Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates (synset 108520498)
    is an instance of: coast, sea-coast, seacoast, seashore - the shore of a sea or ocean
    is a part of: barbary - 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

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