bonanza
noun/bəˈnænzə/
/bəˈnænzə/
[singular]- a situation in which people can make a lot of money or be very successful
- a cash bonanza for investors
- a bonanza year for the computer industry
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- a situation where there is a large amount of something pleasant
- the usual bonanza of sport in the summer
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally US, especially with reference to success when mining): from Spanish, literally ‘fair weather, prosperity’, from Latin bonus ‘good’.
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