Etymology

First Coast

Today it means: A seaboard region comprising the Florida Atlantic coast near St. Augustine and Jacksonville. Full definition →

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The story

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.