Grain Coast

American  

[greyn] / greɪn /

noun

1. a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.

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Example Sentences

Other forts and markets soon sprouted along the West African coast, and Europeans began calling its different stretches by their major exports: the Grain Coast, the Ivory Coast, the Gold Coast, the Slave Coast.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

The Grain Coast is named from the grains of the Malaghetta pepper plant.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

In the 14th century it was imported into Europe from the Grain Coast, under the name of pepper, by merchants of Rouen and Lippe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

The Kroo country is situated on that part of the coast of Africa called the Grain Coast, the chief towns of which are Settra Kroo, Little Kroo, Kroo Barru, Kroo Settra, and King Will's town.

From A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 by Holman, James

The Spaniard had been chartered by the Don to bring from the Grain Coast a cargo of rice, which he was to collect under my instructions.

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz