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  Golden Triangle

  noun

  an area of Southeast Asia encompassing parts of Myanmar (Burma), Laos, and Thailand, significant as a major source of opium and heroin.
• golden triangle
  golden triangle

  noun

  an opium-producing area of SE Asia, comprising parts of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand

Golden Triangle

American  

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) an area of Southeast Asia encompassing parts of Myanmar (Burma), Laos, and Thailand, significant as a major source of opium and heroin.

2. Canadian. the peninsula enclosed by Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Huron.

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golden triangle British  

noun

1. an opium-producing area of SE Asia, comprising parts of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand

2. any more or less triangular area or region noted for its success, prosperity, influence, etc

3. maths a triangle which has two 72-degree angles and one 36-degree angle

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Beverly Hills A dense concentration of high-profile places to go and things to do in the Golden Triangle certainly make this swanky slice of Greater L.A. seem walkable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024

I was staying within a stone’s throw of the border in Thailand at the Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

There is also a geographical imbalance, with 80% of venture capital investment flowing to the "Golden Triangle" of London, Oxford and Cambridge.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2023

The shoulder design was a nod to a newly refurbished downtown area called the Golden Triangle but resembled a cape.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2022

Explore Worldwide is offering an eight-day tour of India’s Golden Triangle — including Agra, Karauli and Jaipur — from $840 a person.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

One of the so-called "golden triangle" of senior civil service roles alongside the cabinet secretary and the monarch's private secretary, she will provide a key link with other departments, as well as the Palace.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024

He likened it to a farm team for Hollywood’s golden triangle of power: producers, studio heads and talent agency partners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2020

O’Toole, a Pittsburgh-based travel writer, last wrote for the Travel Section about Southeast Asia’s golden triangle.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2015

Barely half an hour north of Perranporth, the Camel estuary – the golden triangle of Padstow, Rock and Polzeath, sometimes referred to as Kensington-on-Sea – provides a showcase of an alternative future for Cornwall.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 2012

What this golden triangle means, what it has to do with the case in hand, I can't for the present tell.

From The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin by Maurice Leblanc

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