Meaning & use
Eldorado
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A place of fabulous wealth, opportunity, or abundance.
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Prospectors flocked west, each hoping to find his own eldorado.
For young musicians, the city was an eldorado of clubs, studios, and connections.
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The word began as "El Dorado," the legendary golden city sought by Spanish explorers in South America, and later became a generic noun for any place of imagined riches.
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