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El Dorado

[ el duh-rah-doh, -rey-or, Spanish, el daw-rah-thaw el duh-rey-doh ]

noun

  1. a legendary treasure city of South America, sought by the early Spanish explorers.
  2. any place offering great wealth.
  3. a city in S Arkansas.
  4. a town in S Kansas.


El Dorado

/ ɛl dɒˈrɑːdəʊ; ɛl doˈraðo /

noun

  1. a fabled city in South America, rich in treasure and sought by Spanish explorers in the 16th century
  2. Alsoeldorado any place of great riches or fabulous opportunity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

El Dorado

  1. A place of fabulous wealth, or an opportunity to obtain it. During the gold rush many adventurers believed that California would be their El Dorado. The name comes from the name of a legendary South American city of stupendous riches sought by Spanish conquistadores .
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Word History and Origins

Origin of El Dorado1

C16: from Spanish, literally: the gilded (place)
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Cypress 13, El Dorado 2: Wyatt Rosales had a home run and Greg Prophet contributed three hits.

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El Dorado 4, Cypress 0: Logan Steenburgen threw the shutout, striking out two and walking none.

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Couple whose gender reveal party sparked the El Dorado fire that killed one and injured more than a dozen people is sentenced.

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Villa Park 6, El Dorado 3: Joseph Ramariez went three for three to help give Villa Park the Crestview League win.

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In Glenn and El Dorado counties, fewer than 80% of kindergarten and transitional kindergarten students were fully vaccinated, and fewer than 81% against measles.

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