Definitions for ElDorado
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1. El Dorado, eldoradonoun

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

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1. eldorado

   El Dorado (Spanish: [el doˈɾaðo], English: ; Spanish for "the golden"), originally El Hombre Dorado ("The Golden Man") or El Rey Dorado ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief (zipa) or king of the Muisca people, an indigenous people of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense of Colombia, who as an initiation rite, covered himself with gold dust and submerged in Lake Guatavita. The legends surrounding El Dorado changed over time, as it went from being a man, to a city, to a kingdom, and then finally to an empire. A second location for El Dorado was inferred from rumors, which inspired several unsuccessful expeditions in the late 1500s in search of a city called Manoa on the shores of Lake Parime or Parima. Two of the most famous of these expeditions were led by Sir Walter Raleigh. In pursuit of the legend, Spanish conquistadors and numerous others searched what is today Colombia, Venezuela, and parts of Guyana and northern Brazil, for the city and its fabulous king. In the course of these explorations, much of northern South America, including the Amazon River, was mapped. By the beginning of the 19th century, most people dismissed the existence of the city as a myth.The legend of the Seven Cities of Gold (Seven Cities of Cibola) led to Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expedition of 1540 across the New Mexico territory. This became mixed with the stories of El Dorado, which was sometimes said to be one of the seven cities. Several literary works have used the name in their titles, sometimes as "El Dorado", and other times as "Eldorado".

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1. eldorado

   Eldorado is a term often used to describe a place of great wealth, abundance, or opportunity. It originated from a legendary tale of a city or region filled with gold, supposedly located in South America, which was sought by many explorers during the Spanish conquest. Used metaphorically, it means any place of fabulous wealth or inordinate opportunity.

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1. Eldorado

   "Eldorado" is the title track from the 1974 album of the same name by the Electric Light Orchestra. The song was used as the B-side of the United States single "Boy Blue" in 1975 and later as the flip side to the UK hit single "Wild West Hero" in 1978. According to the song's composer Jeff Lynne "This song is where the dreamer wakes up to reality, then decides he likes his dream world better and tries to get back to Eldorado." - Eldorado liner notes by Jeff Lynne, 2001 The title track gained a certain notoriety when it was claimed by some Christian Fundamentalists that "Eldorado" contained some "satanic messages." Purportedly, the line in the song that went "Here it comes, another lonely day; Playing the game. I'll sail away; On a voyage of no return to see" was claimed to sound something like "He is the nasty one - Christ you're infernal - It is said we're dead men - Everyone who has the mark will live" when played backwards. Lynne denied these allegations, then further asserted his point to his accusers — in his typical tongue-in-cheek manner — by inserting an obviously and deliberately backmasked segment into ELO's next album, within the opening portions of the famous "Fire On High" track. He further satirized it by releasing an entire album strewn with backmasking.

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1. eldorado

   a Eldorado is a powerfull luxury Cadillac lowrider usualy from the 70's the Eldorado had a 8200cc Cadillac engine and da cadillac logo on the hood you can see them in rap clips and hiphop movies

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1. Eldorado

   California. Eldorado expresses the Spanish for “golden region.”

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ElDorado in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ElDorado in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of ElDorado in a Sentence

1. Greece Eduardo Moura:

   The ruling in favor of (Eldorado subsidiary) Hellas Gold is the result of a lawsuit we filed months ago, it doesn't allow us to start activities in Halkidiki but it undermines the argument that the ministry used to revoke our permits.

2. Peter Ricketts:

   Britain is not an Eldorado for those who want to work in the black economy. We have tightened access to benefits.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ElDorado
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldorado
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ElDorado
5. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=ElDorado