el : Idioms & Phrases

• noun Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981)
  Anwar Sadat; Sadat.
  

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• noun a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
  Battle of El Alamein; Al Alamayn.
  

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• noun a town in Morocco near the Atlantic coast
  

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• noun a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942
  
• noun a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
  Battle of El Alamein; Al Alamayn.
  

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• noun the capital and chief port of Qatar
  capital of Qatar; Bida; Doha.
  

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• noun Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
  Francisco Franco; General Franco; Franco.
  

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• noun the hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century
  

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

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El` Do*ra"do

Etymology

Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to gild. Cf. Dorado.

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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.

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• noun an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
  Gizeh; Giza.
  

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• noun Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614)
  Domenikos Theotocopoulos; Greco.
  

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• noun the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
  Alexandria.
  

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• noun Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830)
  Bolivar; Simon Bolivar.
  
• noun a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high)
  

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• noun the world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru
  

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• noun a mountain peak in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (21,457 feet high)
  

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• noun (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
  
• noun the Christ child
  

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• noun a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
  

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• noun a city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez
  

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• noun the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
  capital of Egypt; Cairo; Egyptian capital; Al Qahira.
  

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• noun a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America
  Salvador; El Salvador.
  

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• noun the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
  colon.
  

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• noun monetary unit in El Salvador
  

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• noun a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes
  Luxor.
  

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• noun Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942)
  Qaddafi; Qadhafi; Khadafy; Muammar al-Qaddafi; Gaddafi.
  

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• noun a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America
  Salvador; El Salvador.
  

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