Dorado Definition

də-rädō
noun

Dolphin.

Webster's New World
A S constellation between Pictor and Reticulum, containing part of the Larger Magellanic Cloud.
Webster's New World

Coryphaena hippurus, the mahi-mahi or dolphin, a species of fish with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.

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pronoun

(astronomy) A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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Other Word Forms of Dorado

Noun

Singular:
dorado
Plural:
dorados

Origin of Dorado

  • Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Italian dorato, "gilded, golden", ultimately from Latin deauratus, the past participle of deaurō (“to gild”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish dolphin (fish) from Late Latin deaurātus past participle of deaurāre to gild dory2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish dorado, from the verb dorar (“gild, give a golden color”).

    From Wiktionary

Dorado Sentence Examples

  • The fabled El Dorado, city of gold, has been a matter of legend for centuries.

  • Among the most famous were the expedition undertaken by Diego de Ordaz, whose lieutenant Martinez claimed to have been rescued from shipwreck, conveyed inland, and entertained at Omoa by "El Dorado" himself (1531); and the journeys of Orellana (1540-1541), who passed down the Rio Napo to the valley of the Amazon; that of Philip von Hutten (1541-1545), who led an exploring party from Coro on the coast of Caracas; and of Gonzalo Ximenes de Quesada (1569), who started from Santa Fe de Bogota.

  • Meanwhile the name of El Dorado came to be used metaphorically of any place where wealth could be rapidly acquired.

  • In 1859 a winter mining party coming upon the sunny valley near the present Manitou, near the old Fontaine-qui-Bouille, settled "El Dorado."

  • The El Dorado promised by communism remained a mirage until the whole edifice collapsed like the proverbial house of cards.

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Words Starting With D and Ending With O

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