gold mine

See also: goldmine

English

Alternative forms

• goldmine

Pronunciation

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Noun

gold mine (plural gold mines)

2. A mine for gold ore or metal.

   South Africa has many goldmines.

3. (idiomatic) A very profitable economic venture.

   This oil deposit is a regular gold mine. We make more and more money every year!

4. (idiomatic) A plentiful stockpile of something sought after.

   The Smithsonian Institute is a goldmine of knowledge, but like most mines, you have to dig for the good stuff.

Related terms

• gold miner

Translations

mine for gold

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金礦／金矿 (zh) (jīnkuàng), 金矿 (zh) (jīnkuàng)

• Danish: guldmine c
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kultakaivos (fi)
• French: mine d’or (fr) f
• German: Goldmine (de) f, Goldbergwerk (de) n
• Greek: χρυσωρυχείο (el) n (chrysorycheío)
• Hungarian: aranybánya (hu)
• Indonesian: tambang emas (id)
• Italian: miniera d'oro f
• Japanese: 金鉱 (kinkō), 金山 (kinzan)
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• Latin: aurifodīna f, aurāria f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gullgruve m or f

  Nynorsk: gullgruve f

• Portuguese: mina de ouro f
• Romanian: mină de aur f
• Russian: золота́я ша́хта f (zolotája šáxta), золото́й рудни́к m (zolotój rudník)
• Spanish: mina de oro f
• Swedish: guldgruva (sv) c
• Tagalog: pakayan
• Telugu: బంగారు గని (te) (baṅgāru gani)
• Volapük: goldinameinäd

very profitable economic venture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kultakaivos (fi)
• German: Goldgrube f
• Greek: χρυσωρυχείο (el) n (chrysorycheío)
• Italian: miniera d'oro f
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gullgruve m or f

  Nynorsk: gullgruve f

• Portuguese: mina de ouro f
• Russian: золота́я жи́ла f (zolotája žíla) (gold vein)
• Spanish: mina de oro f
• Swedish: guldgruva (sv) c
• Telugu: బంగారు గని (te) (baṅgāru gani)

reserve of something sought after

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kultakaivos (fi)
• German: Goldgrube f
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• Italian: miniera d'oro f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gullgruve m or f

  Nynorsk: gullgruve f

• Russian: кла́дезь (ru) m (kládezʹ)
• Spanish: mina de oro f

See also

• silver mine

Anagrams

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