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Gold Country

Gold Country proper noun: a historic region in northern California, famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines during the California Gold Rush.

Proper noun

Gold Country

  1. A historic region in northern California, famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines during the California Gold Rush.
    • Some areas of the Gold Country had richer placer deposits than others and drew mobs of hopefuls. A few made lucky finds, like George McKnight, who noticed a golden glitter in a rock he was going to throw at a wandering cow.2007, Nancy K. Williams, Haunted Hotels of the California Gold Country, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN

Questions about Gold Country

What does Gold Country mean?
Gold Country means a historic region in northern California, famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines during the California Gold Rush.
What part of speech is Gold Country?
Gold Country is a proper noun.

Words near Gold Country in the dictionary

  1. Gold Code
  2. Gold Codes
  3. gold coin
  4. gold coins
  5. gold colic
  6. Gold Country
  7. gold cup
  8. gold cups
  9. gold currencies
  10. gold currency
  11. Gold Democrat

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