bonanza
noun/bəˈnænzə/
Frequency rank: #12,364 most common English word
Meaning
a situation that creates a sudden large amount of wealth or luck; a windfall.
Example sentence
The miners struck bonanza when they discovered gold deep in the hillside.
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