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El Dorado
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eldorado Eldorado eldorádo Eldorádo
English
Etymology
From en es el dorado the golden one.
Proper noun
1
A Muisca tribal chief who covered himself in gold dust.
A legendary lost city of gold.
en Manoa
en by extension Any place of fabulous wealth.
en city/county seat co/Union County s/Arkansas c/USA.
en city/county seat co/Butler County s/Kansas c/USA.
Derived terms
en El Dorado County
en Silverado
Translations
a Muisca tribal chief who covered himself in gold dust
a legendary lost city of gold
Czech: cs Eldorádo n
French: fr Eldorado m
German: de Eldorado n
Polish: pl Eldorado n
Portuguese: pt El Dorado m, pt El Dourado m
Russian: ru Эльдора́до
any place of fabulous wealth
Buryat: bua эльдорадо
Finnish: fi eldorado, fi kultala
French: fr Eldorado m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb eldorado n
Nynorsk: nn eldorado n
Polish: pl eldorado n
Ukrainian: uk ельдора́до n
Further reading
en European folklore Fictional characters Fictional locations Gold Mythological figures Mythological locations People Wealth
en terms derived from toponyms
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt El Dourado
Proper noun
m
pt early modern _ European folklore pt mythological city a legendary lost city of gold in the Americas El Dorado
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m El Dorado
es early modern _ European _ folklore es mythological city a legendary lost city of gold in the Americas El Dorado
es province r/San Martin c/Peru
es Gold