Golden Circle

English

Proper noun

Golden Circle

1. (US) A proposed slave state encircling the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. [19th c.]
   • 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 18, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:

     [A] secretive group called the Knights of the Golden Circle, which sought to create an even larger slave empire than Walker had. The “Golden Circle” was centered on Cuba, and its curve took in the Deep South, Mexico, Central America, part of South America, and the entire West Indies.

2. A tourist route in southern Iceland, covering about 300 kilometres (190 mi) looping from Reykjavík into the southern uplands of Iceland and back.
3. Ten wealthy businessmen who were identified in 2009 for controversially buying shares in Anglo Irish Bank.