golconda means A fortress and ruined city in Telangana, India, historically famous for nearby diamond mining.
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golconda is pronounced /ɡɒlˈkɒndə/.
Etymology
From Urdu گولْکُنْڈَہ (golkunḍa), itself from Telugu గొల్లకొండ (gollakoṇḍa), from గొల్ల (golla, “of or pertaining to shepherds”) + కొండ (koṇḍa, “hill”).
name
- A fortress and ruined city in Telangana, India, historically famous for nearby diamond mining.e.g.“Fifty years ago, there were more than twenty places in the kingdom of Golconda, in which diamonds of different sizes were found…” — 1827, John Lee Comstock, Elements of Mineralogy:
- A small city, the county seat of Pope County, Illinois, United States; named after Golconda in India.
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noun
- A source of great wealth, especially a mine.
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