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bonanza

noun

bo·​nan·​za bə-ˈnan-zə How to pronounce bonanza (audio)
1
mining : an exceptionally large and rich mineral deposit (as of an ore, precious metal, or petroleum)
2
a
: something that is very valuable, profitable, or rewarding
a box-office bonanza
b
: a very large amount
a bonanza of sympathy
c
: extravaganza
channels planning all-day viewing bonanzas William Borders

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Euro 2022 soccer championship has proved to be a viewership bonanza for the BBC. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Aug. 2022 Streaming has been a bonanza for services and the studios that put content on them, but viewers are burning out. Wired, 24 July 2022 The pandemic and now the steep increases in food and energy prices have, simply put, been a bonanza for them. Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 23 May 2022 Inflation was not, in the past, a bonanza for corporations. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 17 May 2022 Lake Erie’s plentiful schools of walleye have been a bonanza this spring for fishermen who cast lures from harbor breakwalls. D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 12 May 2022 The story of Humboldt’s fate highlights how inconsistently this influential blue state has treated a quintessentially blue-state industry, a product once rogue and now a public tax bonanza. Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 The story of Humboldt’s fate highlights how inconsistently this influential blue state has treated a quintessentially blue-state industry, a product once rogue and now a public tax bonanza. Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022 Brazilian churrascarias — with their rodizio-style bonanza of meat — are taking over the Fort Lauderdale steakhouse scene. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, literally, calm sea, from Medieval Latin bonacia, alteration of Latin malacia, from Greek malakia, literally, softness, from malakos soft

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of bonanza was in 1825

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