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