El Dorado : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: El Dorado	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for El Dorado
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
El Dorado n an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers Synonym(s): El Dorado, eldorado
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
El Dorado \El` Dora"do\, pl. {El Doradoes}. [Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to gild. Cf. {Dorado}.] 1. A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones. 2. Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness. The whole comedy is a sort of El Dorado* of wit. --T. Moore.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
El Dorado, AR (city, FIPS 21070) Location: 33.21903 N, 92.66276 W Population (1990): 23146 (10269 housing units) Area: 40.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71730 El Dorado, KS (city, FIPS 20075) Location: 37.82110 N, 96.85797 W Population (1990): 11504 (5241 housing units) Area: 15.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67042