the rapid movement of about 40 000 people to the US state of California in 1848–9 after gold was discovered there. They were called forty-niners . The gold rush later spread to Canada and Alaska .
See also jeans . Compare Klondike .
GOLD RUSH
Meaning of GOLD RUSH in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005