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  2. North Shore (Long Island) - Wikipedia

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    The North Shore of Long Island is the area along the northern coast of New York's Long Island bordering Long Island Sound.Known for its extreme wealth and lavish estates, the North Shore exploded into affluence at the turn of the 20th century, earning it the nickname the Gold Coast. [1]

  3. Gold Coast (region) - Wikipedia

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    The Gold Coast was the name for a region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa that was rich in gold, petroleum, sweet crude oil and natural gas. This former region is now known as the country Ghana .

  4. Negroland - Wikipedia

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    Herman Moll's 1727 map labels these "Grain Coast", "Slave Coast", and "Gold Coast". "Negroland" was the territory to the north of this, along the east–west axis of the Niger River, and the west-facing coast. Moll's map labels Gambia, Senegal, Mandinga and many other territories.

  5. Gold Coast (British colony) - Wikipedia

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    By the late 19th century, the British, through conquest or purchase, occupied most of the forts along the coast. Two major factors laid the foundations of British rule and the eventual establishment of a colony on the Gold Coast: British reaction to the Asante wars and the resulting instability and disruption of trade, and Britain's increasing preoccupation with the suppression and elimination ...

  6. Gold Coast - Wikipedia

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    Gold Coast (Washington), U.S. Gold Coast, Long Island, a nickname for the North Shore, New York, US; Gold Coast Historic District (Chicago), Illinois, US; Gold Coast Historic District (Omaha, Nebraska), US Old Gold Coast, Omaha, Nebraska, US; Lakewood Gold Coast, Ohio, US; The Miami metropolitan area, which is nicknamed Florida's Gold Coast

  7. Centerport, New York - Wikipedia

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    Centerport is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the notably affluent North Shore of Long Island, historically known as the Gold Coast. Formerly known as Little Cow Harbor in about 1700, as Centerport in 1836, and as Centerport after 1895, the name refers to its geographic position midway ...

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    If you love Scrabble, you'll love the wonderful word game fun of Just Words. Play Just Words free online!

  9. List of islands of Africa - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of islands of Africa. Sovereign island nations. Indian Ocean Union of the Comoros ... South Long Island; Senegal. Gorée; Îles des Madeleines; Morfil ...