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
Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Rancho Cucamonga 6, Etiwanda 0: Jacob Peyton struck out eight in six innings and also had three hits for Rancho Cucamonga.
Cypress 13, El Dorado 2: Wyatt Rosales had a home run and Greg Prophet contributed three hits.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Toston also served as associate superintendent at the El Dorado County Office of Education and assistant superintendent for the Sutter County Superintendent of Schools.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
The winner of the Hollywood sweepstakes is film buff and loan shark muscle Chili Palmer (John Travolta), who knows the difference between Rio Bravo (1959) and El Dorado (1966).
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
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“El Dorado.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/El%20Dorado. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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