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Definitions of el dorado in various dictionaries:
noun - an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity
EL DORADO - 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.
EL DORADO - El Dorado (pro noun ced [el doaðo], English: ; Spanish for "the golden one"), originally El Hombre Dorado ("The Golden Man") or El Rey Dorado ("The Go...
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| Sir Walter Raleigh was among those who searched for this city of gold, looking in the area of what's now Guyana |
| Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada founded Bogota between 2 trips to find this mythical golden city |
| In 2000 DreamWorks released "The Road to" this golden city that enticed many explorers |
| Originally this legendary place name referred to a ruler near Bogota who dusted his body with gold |
| A legendary city, or a legendary Cadillac model that was discontinued in 2002 |
| Under "E":Many Spanish explorers came to Colombia searching for this fabled city of gold |
| In the 1500s many Spanish explorers went to South America searching for this legendary gold kingdom |
| In the 1540s German adventurer Philipp Von Hutten searched South America for this fabled city |
| Spanish conquistadors long sought this mythical city of gold in the Americas |
| Marshall Gold Discovery State Hist. Park is in this county that shares its name with a legendary city of gold |
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El Dorado (pronounced [el doaðo], English: ; Spanish for "the golden one"), originally El Hombre Dorado ("The Golden Man") or El Rey Dorado ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish Empire to describe a mythical tribal chief (zipa) of the Muisca native people in then Spanish colonial province 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 Manõa on the shores of Lake Parime. 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 Colombia, Venezuela, and parts of Guyana and northern Brazil for the city and its fabulous king. In the course |