El Dorado

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El Dorado

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From Spanish el dorado (“the golden one”).

proper noun

  1. A Muisca tribal chief who covered himself in gold dust.
  2. A legendary lost city of gold.

    Similar: Manoa

  3. broadly Any place of fabulous wealth.
  4. A city, the county seat of Union County, Arkansas, United States.
  5. A city, the county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States.

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name a legendary lost city of gold

PortuguêsEl Dorado, El Dourado
FrançaisEldorado
DeutschEldorado
РусскийЭльдора́до Elʹdorádo

name any place of fabulous wealth

FrançaisEldorado

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MLA

"El Dorado." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/el%20dorado. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

El Dorado. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/el%20dorado

Chicago

"El Dorado." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/el%20dorado.

BibTeX
@misc{el_dorado_2026,
  title = {El Dorado},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/el%20dorado},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}