英语词汇golconda的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	golconda
词源	golconda. Any source of great wealth is a golconda. The term owes its life to the town of Golconda in India, which the British in the 16th century thought was the site of extensive diamond mines. Though the area actually was a diamond-cutting center without mines, the term lasted in the language.
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