Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun barbary_coast

2 senses of barbary coast

Sense 1
Barbary Coast -- (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); "we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!")
       => city district -- (a district of a town or city)

Sense 2
Barbary Coast -- (the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates)
       INSTANCE OF=> seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast -- (the shore of a sea or ocean)