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ELDORADO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers
Synonyms:
El Dorado; eldorado
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("eldorado" is a kind of...):
fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)