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Dorado
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dorado
English
thumb|upright|A map of Dorado; the area marked LMC is the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Etymology
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From en it dorato gilded, golden, ultimately from en la deaurātus, the past participle of la deaurō to gild.
Proper noun
en constellation A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
en barangay mun/Pakil p/Laguna c/Philippines.
IV-A Laguna Pakil
Synonyms
en Xiphias
Derived terms
en Doradus, en Doradûs
Translations
a particular constellation
Esperanto: eo Orfiŝo
Finnish: fi Kultakala
French: fr Dorade f
Galician: gl Dourado
German: de Schwertfisch m
Irish: ga Colgán m an Colgán
Kazakh: kk Алтын Балық
Latin: la Xiphias m
Malay: ms Ikan Todak
Polish: pl Złota Ryba f
Portuguese: pt Dorado m, pt Dourado
Russian: ru Золотая Рыба
Spanish: es Dorado
Further reading
Anagrams
en addoor Darood
Portuguese
Proper noun
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pt constellation en Dorado small constellation in the southern sky
Spanish
es:
Proper noun
es constellation en Dorado a particular constellation