Bonanza

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bonanza \Bo*nan"za\, n. [Sp., prop. calm., fair weather,
     prosperity, fr. L. bonus good.]
     In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence,
     anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.
     [Colloq. U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bonanza
       n 1: an especially rich vein of precious ore
       2: a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden
          opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has
          created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where
          boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line"
          [syn: {boom}, {gold rush}, {gravy}, {godsend}, {manna from
          heaven}, {windfall}, {bunce}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  93 Moby Thesaurus words for "bonanza":
     Eldorado, Golconda, abundance, affluence, ample sufficiency,
     ampleness, amplitude, avalanche, bountifulness, bountiousness,
     bumper crop, copiousness, cornucopia, eldorado, extravagance,
     exuberance, fertility, flood, flow, foison, font, fount, fountain,
     full measure, fullness, generosity, generousness, gold mine,
     gravy train, great abundance, great plenty, gush, house, landslide,
     lavishness, liberality, liberalness, lode, lots, luxuriance,
     maximum, mine, mine of wealth, more than enough, mother lode, much,
     myriad, myriads, numerousness, opulence, opulency, outpouring,
     overflow, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty,
     prevalence, prodigality, productiveness, profuseness, profusion,
     quantities, quarry, repleteness, repletion, resource, rich harvest,
     rich lode, rich uncle, rich vein, richness, riot, riotousness,
     scads, shower, source, source of supply, spate, spring, staple,
     stream, substantiality, substantialness, superabundance,
     teemingness, treasure, treasure trove, treasury, vein, wealth,
     well, wellspring
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Bonanza, AR (town, FIPS 7540)
    Location: 35.23413 N, 94.42745 W
    Population (1990): 520 (207 housing units)
    Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Bonanza, GA (CDP, FIPS 9272)
    Location: 33.45585 N, 84.33658 W
    Population (1990): 2010 (633 housing units)
    Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Bonanza, OR (town, FIPS 7300)
    Location: 42.19955 N, 121.40595 W
    Population (1990): 323 (128 housing units)
    Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 97623
  Bonanza, TX
    Zip code(s): 76692

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Bonanza, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
     Population (2000):    514
     Housing Units (2000): 219
     Land area (2000):     1.227708 sq. miles (3.179750 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.227708 sq. miles (3.179750 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            07540
     Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
     Location:             35.237676 N, 94.428892 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Bonanza, AR
      Bonanza
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Bonanza, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
     Population (2000):    14
     Housing Units (2000): 33
     Land area (2000):     0.438258 sq. miles (1.135082 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.438258 sq. miles (1.135082 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            07571
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             38.295138 N, 106.140158 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Bonanza, CO
      Bonanza
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Bonanza, GA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Georgia
     Population (2000):    2904
     Housing Units (2000): 976
     Land area (2000):     1.214198 sq. miles (3.144758 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.214198 sq. miles (3.144758 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            09272
     Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
     Location:             33.464663 N, 84.337589 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Bonanza, GA
      Bonanza
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Bonanza, OR -- U.S. town in Oregon
     Population (2000):    415
     Housing Units (2000): 152
     Land area (2000):     0.833686 sq. miles (2.159238 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.833686 sq. miles (2.159238 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            07300
     Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
     Location:             42.199333 N, 121.404639 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     97623
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Bonanza, OR
      Bonanza