Golden Triangle

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.

golden triangle

noun

1. the Golden Triangle
   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

Example Sentences

Soon after, he kidnapped 13 Chinese nationals in the Golden Triangle, trading them for $8.3 million.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

I always thought those words, 'the golden triangle,' misleading, because they suggest something mysterious and fabulous.

From Project Gutenberg

The golden triangle, that's it: bags of gold arranged in a triangle, a triangular site.

From Project Gutenberg

The helicopter turned and went windmilling away, over what had been the Golden Triangle, down the Ohio.

From Project Gutenberg

He held in his hand a sort of scepter of gold with a heavy golden triangle at its end.

From Project Gutenberg