"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|nolinkhead=1}} El Dorado
  1. A Muisca tribal chief who covered himself in gold dust. Categories (topical): Gold
    Sense id: en-El_Dorado-en-name-KeBk62dl Disambiguation of Gold: 41 6 3 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 1 9 30 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 1 7 35 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 1 8 36 36
  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 Disambiguation of 'a legendary lost city of gold': 1 78 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 Disambiguation of 'any place of fabulous wealth': 4 0 90 3 3
  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
    Sense id: en-El_Dorado-en-name-o5eN5bRW Categories (other): County seats of Arkansas, USA, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 1 9 30 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 1 7 35 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 1 8 36 36
  5. A city, the county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States. Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Fictional locations, People Categories (place): Cities in Kansas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Kansas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-El_Dorado-en-name-Ndxk-FKK Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 20 1 6 25 48 Disambiguation of Fictional locations: 21 2 7 26 44 Disambiguation of People: 24 3 10 21 41 Categories (other): County seats of Kansas, USA, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 1 9 30 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 1 7 35 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 1 8 36 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: El Dorado County, Silverado

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      "sense": "any place of fabulous wealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eldorado"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "elʹdorádo",
      "sense": "any place of fabulous wealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ельдора́до"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "El Dorado"
  ],
  "word": "El Dorado"
}

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