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El Dorado , city (1990 pop. 23,146), seat of Union co., S central Ark; inc. 1845. The discovery of oil in 1921 made it the oil center of the state. The city has oil refineries, chemical plants, and poultry-packing houses, as well as diverse manufactures.

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El Dorado, Arkansas/USA 1. ‘The Golden’ or ‘The Gilded’, a Spanish name allegedly given to the settlement by its first settler.2. There are towns spelt Eldorado in Argentina, Canada, Mexico, and the USA.3. Eldorado (or El Dorado) is also the name of a legendary country, first believed to be near Lake Guatavita in modern Colombia. It is said to have got its name from a local king, the ‘Golden One’, who was believed to have his body covered in gold dust during festivals (according to Sir Walter Raleigh, every day) and then washed it off by plunging into Lake Guatavita. Spanish conquistadors found the lake in the 1530s, but not the fabulous treasure they were seeking. The search led into the Amazon and Orinoco valleys to no avail. However, Eldorado appeared on Spanish maps of the 16th and 17th centuries. Now it is used to signify a place where one can make one's fortune quickly and easily.

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