Definition of El Dorado

1. Noun. An imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers.

Exact synonyms: Eldorado
Generic synonyms: Fictitious Place, Imaginary Place, Mythical Place

Definition of El Dorado

1. Proper noun. A Muisca tribal chief who covered himself in gold dust ¹

2. Proper noun. A legendary lost city of gold ¹

3. Proper noun. Thus, any place of fabulous wealth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of El Dorado

Ekaterini
Ekavian
Ekbom
Ekbom syndrome
Ekka
Ekman
Ekoti
Ekspreso
El-Aksur
El Aaium
El Aaiún
El Alamein
El Beda
El Caudillo
El Cid
El Dorado (current term)
El Giza
El Greco
El Iskandriyah
El Libertador
El Misti
El Muerto
El Nino
El Nino southern oscillation
El Niño
El Paso
El Qahira
El Salvador
El Salvadoran colon
El Salvadoran monetary unit

Literary usage of El Dorado

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1888)
"El Dorado COUNTY. In the neighborhood of Shingle Springs, the former terminus of the railroad, but few orchards exist, and none of any consequence are seen ..."

2. The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography by John Shertzer Hittell (1863)
"El Dorado and Amador.—El Dorado county adjoins Placer on the south, ... In 1859 there were forty quartz-mills in the county, of which six are at El Dorado, ..."

3. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"El Dorado O golden myth, once potent, banished now Unto the realm of faery, where abide The pure undying dreams that glorified The world's impulsive youth, ..."

4. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1883)
"The name of El Dorado, the Golden, was in these narratives sometimes applied to the king himself, who was said to appear on festive occasions with his bare ..."

5. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"But this "El Dorado expedition," as it was called, was little if any better ... The cost of this El Dorado expedition was over seventy-two thousand six ..."

6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1897)
"El Dorado.' WE have often wondered why the famous legend of El Dorado had never found its way into romance. Buried treasure has been the theme of many a ..."

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