bonanza : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bonanza	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bonanza
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bonanza n an especially rich vein of precious ore a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line" Synonym(s): boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bonanza \Bo*nan"za\, n. [Sp., prop. calm., fair weather, prosperity, fr. L. bonus good.] In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [Colloq. U. S.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bonanza, AR (town, FIPS 7540) Location: 35.23413 N, 94.42745 W Population (1990): 520 (207 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bonanza, GA (CDP, FIPS 9272) Location: 33.45585 N, 84.33658 W Population (1990): 2010 (633 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bonanza, OR (town, FIPS 7300) Location: 42.19955 N, 121.40595 W Population (1990): 323 (128 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97623 Bonanza, TX Zip code(s): 76692