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eldorado

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eldorado
1596, from Sp. El Dorado "the golden one," name given 16c. to country or city believed to lie in the heart of the Amazon jungle, from pp. of dorar "to gild."
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Eldorado is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
WordNet
eldorado

noun
an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers [syn: El Dorado
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