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Golconda1 definition

Gol·conda (gäl kän′də)

noun

a source of great wealth, as a mine

Etymology: after the Golconda

Golconda2 definition

Gol·conda (gäl kän′də)

ancient city, now ruins, in SC India, near Hyderabad: noted for diamond cutting in the 16th cent.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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