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Grain Coast

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Grain Coast W Africa, former name of a part of the Atlantic coast that is roughly identical with the coast of modern Liberia. In the 15th cent. "grains of paradise," i.e., seeds of the melegueta pepper, became a major export item; hence the name Grain Coast.

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