barbary coast

Noun barbary coast has 2 senses

• barbary coast(n = noun.location) Array - 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!"
is a kind of city district

• barbary coast(n = noun.location) Array - the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates; Array
is a part of barbary
is a kind of coast, sea-coast, seacoast, seashore