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Golden Triangle
noun
- (sometimes lowercase) an area of Southeast Asia encompassing parts of Myanmar (Burma), Laos, and Thailand, significant as a major source of opium and heroin.
- Canadian. the peninsula enclosed by Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Huron.
golden triangle
noun
- the Golden Trianglethe Golden Triangle an opium-producing area of SE Asia, comprising parts of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand
- any more or less triangular area or region noted for its success, prosperity, influence, etc
- maths a triangle which has two 72-degree angles and one 36-degree angle
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Soon after, he kidnapped 13 Chinese nationals in the Golden Triangle, trading them for $8.3 million.
What this golden triangle means, what it has to do with the case in hand, I can't for the present tell.
I always thought those words, 'the golden triangle,' misleading, because they suggest something mysterious and fabulous.
The golden triangle, that's it: bags of gold arranged in a triangle, a triangular site.
The helicopter turned and went windmilling away, over what had been the Golden Triangle, down the Ohio.
He held in his hand a sort of scepter of gold with a heavy golden triangle at its end.
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