ˌeldəˈrä](ˌ)dō, -rā], -ra], -rȧ], ]də\ noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: after El Dorado, fabulously wealthy city or country that 16th century explorers thought existed in So. America, from Spanish, literally, the gilded one
: a place of fabulous wealth, abundance, or opportunity
in the eldorado of the New World they quickly amassed wealth and power
the town is a composer's eldorado — Aaron Copland
orchards which in blossoming time offer an eldorado of color — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington