First Coast
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined in 1983, in reference to the fact that St. Augustine, Florida was the first area of European settlement in Florida or anywhere in the current United States.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -əʊst
Proper noun edit
- A seaboard region comprising the Florida Atlantic coast near St. Augustine and Jacksonville.
- 2014, Shelley Marsh, Fifty First Coast Dates[1]:
- Northward on the First Coast, Amelia Island is the “Isle of Eight Flags,” so they one could expect to find some different culinary experiences here as well.