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el dorado (encz) | El Dorado, |
El Dorado (gcide) | 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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el dorado (wn) | El Dorado
n 1: an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought
in South America by 16th-century explorers [syn: {El
Dorado}, eldorado] |
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El Dorado (gcide) | 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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El Doradoes (gcide) | 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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