golconda

Definitions


[ɡɒlˈkɒndə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a source of wealth, advantages, or happiness
(e.g: the posters calling emigrants from Europe to the Golconda of the American West)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: from the name of a city near Hyderabad, India, famous for its diamonds




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