El Do·ra·do 1  (d ə-rä d ō, -r ā-)
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A legendary city or historical region of the New World, often thought to be in South America, that was fabled for its great wealth of gold and precious jewels and eagerly sought by 16th- and 17th-century explorers, including Sir Walter Raleigh. |
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El Do·ra·do 2  (d ə-rä d ō, -r ā-)
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n. A place of fabulous wealth or inordinately great opportunity.
[After El Dorado1.] |
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