bonanza

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See also: Bonanza, and bonanzą

English

Etymology

From Spanish bonanza (calm sea, fair weather, good luck, rich lode), from Medieval Latin bonacia (fair weather), a blend of bonus (good) +‎ malacia (calm sea).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈnænzə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: bo‧nan‧za
  • Rhymes: -ænzə

Noun

bonanza (plural bonanzas)

  1. (mining) A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.
    Antonym: borrasca
  2. The point at which two mother lodes intersect.
  3. (by extension, figurative) Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.
    Synonym: mother lode
    The popular show quickly became a ratings bonanza for the network.
    • 2013 August 31, Bagehot, “The parable of the Clyde”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8851:
      For two decades the bonanza 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”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      It has also yielded a bonanza 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.

Descendants

  • Polish: bonanza

Translations

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈnanθa/,
  • Rhymes: -anθa
  • Hyphenation: bo‧nan‧za

Noun

bonanza f (plural bonances)

  1. good weather

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bonanza (calm sea, fair weather, good luck, rich lode), from Medieval Latin bonacia (fair weather), a blend of bonus (good) +‎ malacia (calm sea).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bonanza (plural bonanza-bonanza, first-person possessive bonanzaku, second-person possessive bonanzamu, third-person possessive bonanzanya)

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

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bonanza, from Spanish bonanza, from Vulgar Latin *bonacia, alteration of malacia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bonacia, alteration of malacia.[1] Compare Italian bonaccia (dead calm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /boˈnanθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /boˈnansa/
  • Rhymes: -anθa
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Syllabification: bo‧nan‧za

Noun

bonanza f (plural bonanzas)

  1. (nautical) good weather
  2. (figurative) bloom, flourishing
    Synonym: prosperidad

Descendants

References

  1. ^ bonanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Further reading