El Dorado
noun
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In the early 1500s, Spanish conquistadores heard tales of an Amazonian king who regularly coated his body with gold dust, then plunged into a nearby lake to wash it off while being showered with gold and jewels thrown by his subjects. The Spaniards called the city ruled by this flamboyant monarch El Dorado, Spanish for "gilded one," and the story of the gold-covered king eventually grew into a legend of a whole country paved with gold. These days, El Dorado can also used generically for any place of vast riches, abundance, or opportunity. It is also the name of actual cities in Arkansas and Kansas.
Examples of El Dorado in a Sentence
Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 24 Apr. 2024
Trout found in Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties are more likely than not to have the fluke, officials said.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
None of these facts speak to the El Dorado that Modi is claiming to be creating.
—Debasish Roy Chowdhury, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024
Villa Park 4, El Dorado 0: Justin Tims struck out six and gave up four hits in a shutout.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Gingy, Conrad Vernon was a storyboard artist and writer who had previously worked on the movies Cool World (1992), Antz (1998), and The Road to El Dorado (2000).
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2024
More recently, the Butler County Sheriff's Office seized 56 pounds of marijuana from a property in El Dorado, Kansas in July 2021 and valued the drugs at $180,000, the Witchita Eagle reported.
—USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
There are more than 180 of these natural wonders on the island, and some popular spots include the Stargate Blue Hole, El Dorado, and Benjamin’s Blue Hole.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2024
The suit involved an appeal by a person in California’s El Dorado County who put a manufactured home on a small lot and was charged a $23,420 traffic mitigation fee.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
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“El Dorado.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/El%20Dorado. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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