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bonanza

noun
/bəˈnæn.zə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκός (mălăkós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (mălăkĭ́ā)bor. Latin malacia ▲ Latin bonusinflu. Vulgar Latin *bonacia Spanish bonanzabor. English bonanza Borrowed from Spanish bonanza (“dead calm, fair weather, good luck, rich lode”), from Vulgar Latin *bonacia (“lull, dead calm”), in turn from Latin malacia (“calm sea”), influenced by bonus (“good”) under the false impression that initial mal- is a derivate of malus (“bad”).

  1. derived from malacia
  2. derived from *bonacia✻
  3. borrowed from bonanza

Definitions

  1. A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.

  2. The point at which two mother lodes intersect.

  3. Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.

    • The popular show quickly became a ratings bonanza for the network.
    • It has also yielded a bonanza for corporate executives and other shareholders: Money not spent filling warehouses with unneeded auto parts is, at least in part, money that can be given to shareholders in the form of dividends.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA