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WEST COAST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The western seaboard of the United States from Washington to southern California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("West Coast" is a part of...):
West; western United States (the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River)
Context examples:
I remembered what Silver had said about the current that sets northward along the whole west coast of Treasure Island, and seeing from my position that I was already under its influence, I preferred to leave Haulbowline Head behind me and reserve my strength for an attempt to land upon the kindlier-looking Cape of the Woods.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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