Golconda (A source of great wealth)

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• Golconda — Golconda1 [gäl kän′də] n. [after the GOLCONDA2] a source of great wealth, as a mine Golconda2 [gäl kän′də] ancient city, now ruins, in SC India, near Hyderabad: noted for diamond cutting in the 16th cent …   English World dictionary

• Golconda — /gol kon deuh/, n. 1. a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting. 2. (often l.c.) a rich mine or other source of great wealth. * * * Fortress and ruined city,… …   Universalium

• Golconda — I. noun Etymology: Golconda, India, famous for its diamonds Date: 1884 a rich mine; broadly a source of great wealth II. geographical name ruined city central India in W Andhra Pradesh W of Hyderabad capital (1512 1687) of Golconda kingdom …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Golconda — noun a) A fortress, and ruined city, in Andhra Pradesh, India, famous historically for nearby diamond mining b) A source of great wealth, especially a mine …   Wiktionary

• Golconda — n. destroyed ancient city in India; gold mine , source of great wealth …   English contemporary dictionary

• Golconda — Gol•con•da [[t]gɒlˈkɒn də[/t]] n. 1) geg a ruined city in S India, near Hyderabad 2) (often l.c.) a rich mine or other source of great wealth …   From formal English to slang

• Golkonda — Golconda redirects here. For other uses, see Golconda (disambiguation). Golkonda గోల్కొండ Golkonda Fort General information Town or city Hyderabad, Andhra Pr …   Wikipedia

• Gol|con|da — «gol KON duh», noun. a mine or other source of great wealth. ╂[< Golconda, ancient city in southern India, once a famous center of diamond trade] …   Useful english dictionary

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• South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …   Universalium

• Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …   Universalium