El Dorado

[ el duh-rah-doh, -rey-or, Spanish, 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. Alsoeldorado 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

Kim Kardashian visited a camp in California’s El Dorado County where incarcerated men serve as firefighters.

From Los Angeles Times

Jurupa Valley, 25-14, 25-19, 25-18 El Dorado d.

From Los Angeles Times

It is a method that is “inherently deceptive and harmful to the pursuit of justice,” said El Dorado County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times

"We told him, today he is here in El Dorado fields, tomorrow he could be stepping into the best stadiums in the world and facing the best players in the world," youth coach Wilberth Perea Mena, who first met Duran as a 14-year-old at his first club Envigado, told BBC Sport.

From BBC

The CDC and WastewaterScan test only a few wastewater sites in the Central Valley, including in Placer, Yuba, El Dorado and Sacramento counties.

From Los Angeles Times