El Dorado

See also: eldorado, Eldorado, eldorádo, and Eldorádo

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

El Dorado

1. A Muisca tribal chief who covered himself in gold dust.
2. A legendary lost city of gold.
3. (by extension) 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.

Derived terms

• El Dorado County
• Silverado

Translations

a Muisca tribal chief who covered himself in gold dust

a legendary lost city of gold

• Czech: Eldorádo n
• French: Eldorado (fr) m
• German: Eldorado (de) n
• Polish: Eldorado n
• Portuguese: El Dorado m, El Dourado m
• Russian: Эльдора́до (Elʹdorádo)

any place of fabulous wealth

• Buryat: эльдорадо (elʹdorado)
• Finnish: eldorado (fi), kultala
• French: Eldorado (fr) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eldorado n

  Nynorsk: eldorado n

• Polish: eldorado (pl) n
• Ukrainian: ельдора́до n (elʹdorádo)

Further reading

• “El Dorado”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• El Dourado

Proper noun

El Dorado m

1. (early modern European folklore) El Dorado (a legendary lost city of gold in the Americas)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /el doˈɾado/ [el̪ d̪oˈɾa.ð̞o]
• Syllabification: El Do‧ra‧do

Proper noun

El Dorado m

1. (early modern Spain folklore) El Dorado (a legendary lost city of gold in the Americas)
2. A province of San Martin, Peru