El Dorado

See also: eldorado and Eldorado

English

Etymology

Spanish The golden one

Proper noun

El Dorado

  1. A Muisca tribal chief who covered himself in gold dust
  2. A legendary lost city of gold
  3. (by extension) Any place of fabulous wealth
  4. A city in Arkansas, USA, and the county seat of Union County.
  5. A city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Butler County.

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Proper noun

El Dorado m

  1. (early modern European folklore) El Dorado (a legendary lost city of gold in the Americas)
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