BONANZA

boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce

(noun) 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”

bonanza

(noun) an especially rich vein of precious ore

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bonanza (plural bonanzas)

(mining) A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.

Antonym: borrasca

The point at which two mother lodes intersect.

(by extension) Anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income or return.

Synonym: mother lode

Source: Wiktionary


Bo*nan"za, n. Etym: [Sp., prop. calm., fair weather, prosperity, fr. L. bonus good.]

Definition: 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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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