El Dorado

Summary

El Dorado is a mythical location^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of mythical_location entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,083 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• El Dorado is on the continent of South America^[3].
• El Dorado's instance of is recorded as mythical location^[4].
• El Dorado's instance of is recorded as mythical character^[5].
• El Dorado's topic's main category is recorded as Category:El Dorado^[6].
• El Dorado's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7].
• El Dorado's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• El Dorado's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[9].
• El Dorado's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[10].
• El Dorado's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• El Dorado's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[12].
• El Dorado's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• El Dorado's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[14].
• El Dorado's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[15].
• El Dorado's different from is recorded as El Dorado^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include mythical location^[4] and mythical character^[5].

Influence

Things named for El Dorado include Cadillac Eldorado^[17], an automobile model^[18]; El Dorado County^[19], a county of California^[20], in United States^[21], founded in 1850^[22]; Eldorado^[23], a city in the United States^[24], in United States^[25], founded in 1895^[26]; and Eldorado at Santa Fe^[27], a census-designated place in the United States^[28], in United States^[29].

Why It Matters

El Dorado ranks in the top 1% of mythical_location entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,083 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Cadillac Eldorado^[17], an automobile model^[18]; El Dorado County^[19], a county of California^[20], in United States^[21], founded in 1850^[22]; Eldorado^[23], a city in the United States^[24], in United States^[25], founded in 1895^[26]; and Eldorado at Santa Fe^[27], a census-designated place in the United States^[28], in United States^[29].