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Bonanza Common

Bonanza has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an especially rich vein of precious ore

"The prospector's eyes widened when his pickaxe struck a massive bonanza of pure gold deep within the mountain."

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 like an assembly line"

3

A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.

"The prospector celebrated when his shovel struck a bonanza of pure gold in the rocky hillside."

Proper Noun
1

A city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.

"After visiting Bonanza to see its historic buildings, we drove back toward Eugene for dinner."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
vein happening
Rhyming Words
onza runza sanza zanza danza penza panza venza ginza lanza gonza honza lonza monza ganza nyanza faenza kwanza stanza romanza
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