8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
noun a source of great wealth (especially a mine)
originFrom Urdu گولْکُنْڈَہ (golkunḍa), itself from Telugu గొల్లకొండ (gollakoṇḍa), from గొల్ల (golla, “of or pertaining to shepherds”) + కొండ (koṇḍa, “hill”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0