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El Dorado

El Dorado is the name of a mythical country of gold which was supposedly in South America.


El Dorado is also the name of several places in the United States of America named after the El Dorado of myth:
  • El Dorado, Arkansas
  • El Dorado, Kansas
  • El Dorado County, California

    There are also:

  • El Dorado Hills, California
  • El Dorado Springs, Missouri

    Other places are spelled Eldorado.


    El Dorado is also the name of a fictional superhero who was a member of the Super Friends, an animated television series.


    El Dorado is also the title of several works of fiction:
  • A poem by Edgar Allan Poe, written in 1849;
  • A 1966 movie starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and James Caan, set in Old West-era Eldorado, Texas.
  • Eldorado is a BBC soap opera
  • The Road to El Dorado is an animated film by Dreamworks SKG.


    El Dorado is a notorious prison in eastern Venezuela, made famous by Papillon (book).


    Eldorado was an automobile manufactured by Cadillac between 1953 and 2003.



    The mythical El Dorado is also spelled as Eldorado.

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    There is a brand of Guyana rum named El Dorado.


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