- Opium’s Golden Triangle
- opium-growing fields between borders of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games. 2013.
Opium’s Golden Triangle
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Golden Triangle — may refer to: * Geographical areas: ** Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia), named for its opium production ** Golden Triangle (China), named for its rapid economic development ** Golden Triangle (New South Wales), named for its agricultural… … Wikipedia
Golden Triangle — Golden Tri|an|gle the Golden Triangle an area of hills consisting of part of Laos, Thailand, and Burma. Poppies for making the drug ↑opium are illegally grown there … Dictionary of contemporary English
Golden Triangle — region in SE Asia, where the borders of Laos, Myanmar, & Thailand meet: regarded as a major area of cultivation of opium poppies used for heroin production … English World dictionary
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) — The Golden Triangle is one of Asia s two main illicit opium producing areas. It is an area of around 350,000 square kilometres that overlaps the mountains of four countries of Southeast Asia: Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. (Other… … Wikipedia
Golden Triangle — 1. (sometimes l.c.) an area of Southeast Asia encompassing parts of Burma, Laos, and Thailand, significant as a major source of opium and heroin. 2. Canadian. the peninsula enclosed by Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Huron. * * * … Universalium
Golden Triangle — point of downtown Pittsburgh where the Alleghney and Monongahela form the Ohio River; industrialized northern Europe where the three points are Birmingham, Paris, and the Ruhr; opium productive fields where Burma, Laos, and Thailand meet near… … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Golden Triangle — 1. (sometimes l.c.) an area of Southeast Asia encompassing parts of Burma, Laos, and Thailand, significant as a major source of opium and heroin. 2. Canadian. the peninsula enclosed by Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Huron … Useful english dictionary
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Golden Crescent — The Golden Crescent is the name given to Asia s principal area of illicit opium production, located at the crossroads of Central, South, and Western Asia. This space overlaps three nations, Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, whose mountainous… … Wikipedia
