"El Dorado" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Spanish el dorado (“the golden one”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|el dorado|t=the golden one}} Spanish el dorado (“the golden one”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolink=1}} El Dorado
  1. A Muisca tribal chief who covered himself in gold dust.
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  2. A legendary lost city of gold. Translations (a legendary lost city of gold): Eldorádo [neuter] (Czech), Eldorado [masculine] (French), Eldorado [neuter] (German), Eldorado [neuter] (Polish), El Dorado [masculine] (Portuguese), El Dourado [masculine] (Portuguese), Эльдора́до (Elʹdorádo) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-El_Dorado-en-name-zgKnHRU2 Categories (other): Gold, Mythological figures Disambiguation of Gold: 17 28 4 25 25 Disambiguation of Mythological figures: 14 17 5 32 32 Disambiguation of 'a legendary lost city of gold': 1 79 0 10 10
  3. (by extension) Any place of fabulous wealth. Tags: broadly Translations (any place of fabulous wealth): эльдорадо (elʹdorado) (Buryat), eldorado (Finnish), kultala (Finnish), Eldorado [masculine] (French), eldorado [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), eldorado [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), eldorado [neuter] (Polish), ельдора́до (elʹdorádo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-El_Dorado-en-name-USSOlBtM Categories (other): European folklore, Wealth Disambiguation of European folklore: 23 9 12 28 28 Disambiguation of Wealth: 2 2 92 2 2 Disambiguation of 'any place of fabulous wealth': 2 0 90 4 4
  4. A city, the county seat of Union County, Arkansas, United States. Categories (place): Cities in Arkansas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Arkansas, USA, Places in the United States
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  5. A city, the county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States. Categories (place): Cities in Kansas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Kansas, USA, Places in the United States
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: El Dorado County, Silverado
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