Eldorado (Noun)
Meaning
An imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The conquistadors dreamed of finding an El Dorado filled with gold and precious jewels in the uncharted territories of the New World.
- Sir Walter Raleigh wasted years of his life searching for an El Dorado in the dense jungles of South America.
- Many an adventurer became obsessed with the idea of finding an El Dorado, just out of reach but full of promise.
- Led by Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conquistadors invaded Peru in search of the imperial city of gold that they called El Dorado.
- Inspired by Philip von Hutten's failed expedition, Jiménez de Quesada led his own quest for the fabled El Dorado deep in the Colombian wilderness.