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golden gate

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
gold-en -gate
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.

name

Ellipsis of Golden Gate Bridge.

Informal

name

The oldest of the current gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls, through which, according to Jewish tradition, the shekinah used to appear and will appear again when the Messiah comes.

Etymology

Calque of Latin Porta Aurea and/or Ancient Greek Χρῡσὴ Πύλη (Khrūsḕ Púlē) (as neo-Latin Chrysopylae). Coined by American explorer John C. Frémont, who explained, “To this Gate I gave the name of ‘Chrysopylae’, or ‘Golden Gate’; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn.”

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Golden Gate (canonical)

Synonyms

Golden Gate Bridge

Questions

What does golden gate mean?
The strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.
Where does golden gate come from?
Calque of Latin Porta Aurea and/or Ancient Greek Χρῡσὴ Πύλη (Khrūsḕ Púlē) (as neo-Latin Chrysopylae). Coined by American explorer John C. Frémont, who explained, “To this Gate I gave the name of ‘Chrysopylae’, or ‘Golden Gate’; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn.”

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