Shangri-la

Shan·gri-la

S0316900 (shăng′grĭ-lä′)n.1. An imaginary remote paradise on earth; utopia.2. A distant and secluded hideaway, usually of great beauty and peacefulness.

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[After Shangri-La, , the imaginary land in the novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton.]

Shangri-la

(ˌʃæŋɡrɪˈlɑː) na remote or imaginary utopia[C20: from the name of an imaginary valley in the Himalayas, from Lost Horizon (1933), a novel by James Hilton]

Shan•gri-la

(ˌʃæŋ grɪˈlɑ, ˈʃæŋ grɪˌlɑ)

n. an imaginary paradise on earth, esp. a remote and exotic utopia. [after the fictional Tibetan land of eternal youth in the novel The Lost Horizon (1933) by James Hilton]

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Shangri-la - any place of complete bliss and delight and peaceEden, heaven, paradise, promised land, nirvanaregion, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"

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