Found 2 items, similar to El Dorado.
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Definition: El Dorado
El Dorado
n : an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought
in South America by 16th-century explorers [syn:
eldorado]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: El Dorado
El Dorado
\El` Do*ra"do\, pl.
El Doradoes. [Sp., lit., the
gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to
gild. Cf.
Dorado.]
1. A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an
imaginary country in the interior of South America,
reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.
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2. Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.
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The whole comedy is a sort of El Dorado of wit. --T.
Moore.
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