el dorado Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers
    eldorado.

WordNet

El` Do*ra"do
Etymology
Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to gild. Cf. Dorado.
Wordforms
plural El Doradoes
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913