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ORO (OR-oh)
Spanish
word for gold
Common
clues: Spanish gold; Acapulco gold; Guadalajara gold; Pizarro's
gold; Conquistador's quest; “___ y Plata” (Montana's
motto)
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
10 times a year
Frequency
in English language:
69040 / 86800
News:
Royal
Couple's Wedding Sparks Welsh Gold Rush
Video:
Fogelberg
– Power of Gold (Live)
Early
morning hath gold in its mouth - - Benjamin Franklin
Gold
has been known and highly valued since prehistoric times. It may
have been the first metal used by humans and was valued for
ornamentation and rituals. Egyptian hieroglyphs from as early as
2600 BC describe gold, whose king Tushratta of the Mitanni
claimed was as "common as dust" in Egypt. Egypt and
Nubia had the resources to make them major gold-producing areas
for much of history. Gold is also mentioned several times in the
Old Testament. The south-east corner of the Black Sea was famed
for its gold. Exploitation is said to date from the time of
Midas, and this gold was important in the establishment of what
is probably the world's earliest coinage in Lydia between 643 and
630 BC.
A
gold nugget
The
European exploration of the Americas was fueled in no small part
by reports of the gold ornaments displayed in great profusion by
Native American peoples, especially in Central America, Peru, and
Colombia.
Gold
has long been considered one of the most precious metals, and its
value has been used as the standard for many currencies (known as
the gold standard) in history. Gold has been used as a symbol for
purity, value, royalty, and particularly roles that combine these
properties.
Gold
in antiquity was relatively easy to obtain geologically however
75% of all gold ever produced has been extracted since 1910. It
has been estimated that all the gold in the world that has ever
been refined would form a single cube 20 m (66 ft) a side.
The
primary goal of the alchemists was to produce gold from other
substances, such as lead — presumably by the interaction
with a mythical substance called the philosopher's stone.
Although they never succeeded in this attempt, the alchemists
promoted an interest in what can be done with substances, and
this laid a foundation for today's chemistry. Their symbol for
gold was the circle with a point at its center, which was also
the astrological symbol, the Egyptian hieroglyph and the ancient
Chinese character for the Sun.
During
the 19th century gold rushes occurred whenever large gold
deposits were discovered, including the California, Colorado,
Otago, Australia, Witwatersrand, Black Hills, and Klondike gold
rushes.
Because
of its historically high value, much of the gold mined throughout
history is still in circulation in one form or another.
This
article is licensed under the GNU
Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia
article "Gold".
ORO
(552) 36 Tu- >1 09 Spanish gold
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Tu+ >1 03 Acapulco gold POT
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Tu+ >1 06 Guadalajara gold
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Th- >1 09 Conquistador's quest
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We+ >1 08 El Dorado treasure
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Tu+ >1 06 El Dorado's treasure
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Tu+ >1 05 Pizarro's gold
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We+ >1 02 Pizarro's quest
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We+ >1 07 Granada gold
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We+ >1 09 Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Tu+ >1 01 "___ y Plata" (Montana's motto)
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Mo >1 97 Rio de ___
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We- >1 09 Start of Montana's motto
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We+ >1 08 Gold, in Granada
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>1 00 Mexican gold
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We- >1 06 Spanish treasure
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Mo >1 06 Tijuana gold
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We- >1 09 Conquistador's prize
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Tu+ >1 00 Conquistador's treasure
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Tu+ >1 93 Coronado's quest
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Fr- >1 06 First word of Montana's motto
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Tu- >1 99 Galleon gold
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We- >1 08 Gold, in Guadalajara
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Th- >1 03 Spanish Main booty
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Tu+ >1 02 ___ y Plata (Montana's motto)
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Tu- >1 08 Queen of Mount Olympus
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