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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore.
  2. n. A source of great wealth or prosperity.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A term in common use in the Pacific States, signifying a rich mass of ore: opposed to borrasca.
  2. n. Hence—2. A mine of wealth; a profitable thing; good luck: as, to strike a bonanza.
  3. Very extensive and profitable. Compare bonanza, n., 2.

Wiktionary

  1. n. In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold.
  2. n. The point at which two mother lodes intersect
  3. n. By extension, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income or return.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Colloq. U. S. In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
  2. n. an especially rich vein of precious ore

Etymologies

  1. From Spanish bonanza ("calm sea, fair weather, good luck, rich lode"), from Medieval Latin bonacia ("fair weather"), a blend of bonus ("good") and malacia ("calm sea"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Spanish, from Medieval Latin bonacia, calm sea, blend of Latin bonus, good and Medieval Latin malacia, calm sea (from Greek malakiā, from malakos, soft. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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