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El Dorado
El Dorado El` Do*ra"do, pl. El Doradoes. [Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to gild. Cf. Dorado.] 1. A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones. 2. Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness. The whole comedy is a sort of El Dorado of wit. --T. Moore.

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- El Dorado (Spanish: [el doˈɾaðo], English: /ˌɛl dəˈrɑːdoʊ/; Spanish for "the golden") is commonly ****ociated with the legend of a gold city, kingdom,...
- The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 American animated adventure comedy film directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul (in their feature directorial debuts)...
- El Dorado County (/ˌɛl dəˈrɑːdoʊ/ ), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the...
- El Dorado (locally /ɛl dʌˈreɪdoʊ/ el-duh-RAY-doh) is a city in, and the county seat of, Union County, on the southern border of Arkansas, United States...
- The El Dorado (also spelled the Eldorado) is a cooperative apartment building at 300 Central Park West, between 90th and 91st Streets adjacent to Central...
- El Dorado is a 1966 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Written by Leigh Brackett...
- El Dorado International Airport (IATA: BOG, ICAO: SKBO) is an international airport serving Bogotá, Colombia, and its surrounding areas. The airport is...
- El Dorado Hills (El Dorado, Spanish for "The Golden") is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in El Dorado County, California. Located in...
- The El Dorado Fire was a wildfire that burned 22,744 acres (9,204 ha; 35.538 sq mi; 92.04 km2) in San Bernardino and Riverside counties of California...
- El Dorado (/ˌɛldəˈreɪdoʊ/ EL-də-RAY-doh) is a city and county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in the...