Dorado
Appearance
See also: dorado
English
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Etymology
[edit]Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Italian dorato (“gilded, golden”), ultimately from Latin deaurātus, the past participle of deaurō (“to gild”).
Proper noun
[edit]Dorado
- (astronomy) A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
- A barangay of Pakil, Laguna, Philippines.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a particular constellation
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Further reading
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[edit]Portuguese
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[edit]Dorado m
Spanish
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[edit]Dorado ?
Categories:
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Constellations
- en:Barangays of Laguna, Philippines
- en:Places in Laguna, Philippines
- en:Places in the Philippines
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese uncountable proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Constellations
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- es:Constellations