El Dorado

/ˈɛl dəˌrɑdoʊ/
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Other forms: El Dorados

Definitions of El Dorado
  1. noun
    an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers
    synonyms: eldorado
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    type of:
    fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place
    a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
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