eldorado
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(usually capitalized as El Dorado or Eldorado) A legendary city or kingdom of immense gold and precious jewels sought by sixteenth-century Spanish conquistadors in South America.
"Early European explorers endured treacherous jungle expeditions in a futile quest to locate Eldorado."
Any place, realm, or situation of fabulous wealth, abundance, or golden opportunity.
"During the nineteenth century, thousands of prospectors traveled west in search of an eldorado that would make them rich overnight."
American (capitalized) A city in Saline County in southern Illinois, United States, or any of several smaller towns in Texas, Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish 'El Dorado', literally meaning 'the gilded one', originally referring to a mythical South American tribal chief who covered himself in gold dust during religious rites before evolving to denote a legendary city of immense wealth.
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