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
Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
Travis Maxwell of El Dorado tried to pull off the biggest upset, shutting out No. 1 Corona for six innings.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
University, 25-18, 18-25, 25-17, 25-18 El Dorado def.
—Ocvarsity Sports Staff, Orange County Register, 1 May 2024
Named after her latest album, the trek — her first since 2018’s El Dorado — will start Nov. 2 in Palm Desert, California, and include stops in Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Chicago, among other North American cities.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
The viral infections recorded last year in Sacramento, Yolo and El Dorado counties were also the highest going back to at least 2013, according to CDPH data.
—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
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“El Dorado.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/El%20Dorado. Accessed 13 May. 2024.
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