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See also:Bonanzaandbonanzą

English

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-der.
Ancient Greekμᾰλᾰκός(mălăkós)
Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ(-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greekμᾰλᾰκῐ́ᾱ(mălăkĭ́ā)bor.
Latinmalacia
Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-der.?
Old Latinduenos
Old Latinduonus
Vulgar Latin*bonacia
Englishbonanza

    Borrowed fromSpanishbonanza(dead calm, fair weather, good luck, rich lode), fromVulgar Latin*bonacia(lull, dead calm), in turn fromLatinmalacia(calm sea),influenced bybonus(good) under the false impression that initialmal- is aderivate ofmalus(bad).

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    Noun

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    bonanza (pluralbonanzas)

    1. (mining) A richmine orvein of silver or gold.
      Antonym:borrasca
    2. The point at which twomother lodes intersect.
    3. (by extension, figurative) Anything which is a great source ofwealth or yields a largeincome orreturn.
      Synonym:mother lode
      The popular show quickly became a ratingsbonanza for the network.
      • 2013 August 31, Bagehot, “The parable of the Clyde”, inThe Economist[1], volume408, number8851:
        For two decades thebonanza on Scotland’s west coast continued. An occupation that had been seasonal and modestly profitable became year-round and lucrative. Baskets of herring put televisions into fishermen’s cottages and cars outside their doors. But fish, like oil and gas, with which Scotland’s continental shelf is also well-endowed, are not in unlimited supply.
      • 2021 March 26, Peter S. Goodman, “In Suez Canal, Stuck Ship Is a Warning About Excessive Globalization”, inThe New York Times[2],→ISSN:
        It has also yielded abonanza for corporate executives and other shareholders: Money not spent filling warehouses with unneeded auto parts is, at least in part, money that can be given to shareholders in the form of dividends.
      • 2025 August 4, Sheera Frenkel, “The Militarization of Silicon Valley”, inThe New York Times[3], New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company,→ISSN,→OCLC:
        His [D. Trump's] domestic policy bill allocated a record $1 trillion to defense in 2026, including for technology such as autonomous drones. Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists are eagerly eying thatbonanza.
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    Translations

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    rich mine or vein of silver or gold
    point at which two mother lodes intersect
    something that is a mine of wealth or yields a large income or return

    Asturian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /boˈnanθa/[boˈnãn̟.θa]
    • Rhymes:-anθa
    • Syllabification:bo‧nan‧za

    Noun

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    bonanza f (pluralbonances)

    1. goodweather

    Indonesian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromSpanishbonanza(calm sea, fair weather, good luck, rich lode), fromMedieval Latinbonacia(fair weather), ablend ofbonus(good) +‎malacia(calm sea).

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    • IPA(key): /boˈnan.za/,[boˈnan.za]
    • Rhymes:-za
    • Hyphenation:bo‧nan‧za

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    bonanza (pluralbonanza-bonanza)

    1. bonanza,gold mine,lucky strike,sweet deal

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    Polish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromEnglishbonanza, fromSpanishbonanza, fromVulgar Latin*bonacia, alteration ofmalacia.

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    • IPA(key): /bɔˈnan.za/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes:-anza
    • Syllabification:bo‧nan‧za

    Noun

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    bonanza f

    1. (literary, mining)bonanza(rich mine or vein of silver or gold)
    2. (literary)gold mine,lucky strike,sweet deal(very profitable economic venture)
      Synonyms:dojna krowa,kokosowy interes,kopalnia złota,kura znosząca złote jajka,złoty interes,żyła złota
    3. (colloquial)lark,snorter(unexpected, unusual event)
      Synonym:heca

    Declension

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    Declension ofbonanza
    singularplural
    nominativebonanzabonanzy
    genitivebonanzybonanz
    dativebonanziebonanzom
    accusativebonanzębonanzy
    instrumentalbonanząbonanzami
    locativebonanziebonanzach
    vocativebonanzobonanzy

    Further reading

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    • bonanza inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • bonanza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-der.
    Ancient Greekμᾰλᾰκός(mălăkós)
    Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ(-ĭ́ā)
    Ancient Greekμᾰλᾰκῐ́ᾱ(mălăkĭ́ā)bor.
    Latinmalacia
    Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-der.?
    Old Latinduenos
    Old Latinduonus
    Vulgar Latin*bonacia
    Spanishbonanza

      Inherited fromVulgar Latin*bonacia, alteration ofmalacia.[1] CompareItalianbonaccia(dead calm).

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      bonanza f (pluralbonanzas)

      1. (nautical)lull,dead calm(calm sea weather)
      2. (figurative)bloom,flourishing
        Synonym:prosperidad

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      References

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      1. ^Coromines, Joan (1961),Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos,→ISBN, page101

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