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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_115255" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_115255" /> == | ||
<p> (1): Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness. </p> <p> (2): A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.''' </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' [[A]] name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.''' </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72840" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72840" /> == | ||
<p> The Land of Gold), a country which Orellana, the lieutenant of Pizzaro, pretended to have discovered in S. America, between the [[Amazon]] and Orinoco, and which he represented as abounding in gold and precious gems; now a region of purely imaginary wealth. </p> | <p> The Land of Gold), a country which Orellana, the lieutenant of Pizzaro, pretended to have discovered in [[S.]] America, between the [[Amazon]] and Orinoco, and which he represented as abounding in gold and precious gems; now a region of purely imaginary wealth. </p> | ||
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