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First Coast

First Coast proper noun: a seaboard region comprising the Florida Atlantic coast near St. Augustine and Jacksonville.

Proper noun

the First Coast

  1. A seaboard region comprising the Florida Atlantic coast near St. Augustine and Jacksonville.
    • Northward on the First Coast, Amelia Island is the “Isle of Eight Flags,” so they one could expect to find some different culinary experiences here as well.2014, Shelley Marsh, Fifty First Coast Dates

Origin of First Coast

Coined in 1983, in reference to the fact that St. Augustine, Florida, was the first area of European settlement in Florida or anywhere in the current United States.

Words that rhyme with First Coast

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Questions about First Coast

What does First Coast mean?
First Coast means a seaboard region comprising the Florida Atlantic coast near St. Augustine and Jacksonville.
What part of speech is First Coast?
First Coast is a proper noun.

Words near First Coast in the dictionary

  1. first city
  2. first class
  3. first class match
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  5. first classes
  6. First Coast
  7. first come first serve
  8. first come first served
  9. first come, first served
  10. First Communion
  11. First Communions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: First Coast (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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