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Bonanza : (noun)
1: an especially rich vein of precious ore
2: a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden
opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has
created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where
boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line"
[syn: boom, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from
heaven, windfall, bunce]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bonanza : \Bo*nan"za\, n. [Sp., prop. calm., fair weather,
prosperity, fr. L. bonus good.]
In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence,
anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.
[Colloq. U. S.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Bonanza, AR (town, FIPS 7540)
Location: 35.23413 N, 94.42745 W
Population (1990): 520 (207 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Bonanza, GA (CDP, FIPS 9272)
Location: 33.45585 N, 84.33658 W
Population (1990): 2010 (633 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Bonanza, OR (town, FIPS 7300)
Location: 42.19955 N, 121.40595 W
Population (1990): 323 (128 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97623
Bonanza, TX
Zip code(s): 76692
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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