El Dorado

[el duh-rah-doh, -rey-, 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. Also: eldorado. any place of great riches or fabulous opportunity

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of El Dorado¹

C16: from Spanish, literally: the gilded (place)

Example Sentences

Matt James has collected gold nuggets for years from the hills and riverbeds of California, but as the precious metal's price soars, he has found an unexpected El Dorado: on social media.

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Burn scars include those from the Bridge, Line, Apple, El Dorado and Airport fires that burned over the last five years.

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The mudslide that hit Cedar Falls Road included parts of a five-year-old burn scar from the El Dorado fire, according to Caltrans.

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On Aug. 17, four days before the standoff on Butler Avenue, deputies from the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office found a bear inside an ice-cream store in South Lake Tahoe and snapped a photo.

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The next day, he was booked into the El Dorado County Jail for two counts of homicide and is being held on no bail.

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