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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Former name of Camp David.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A place or land of complete bliss, delight, and peace, especially one seen as an escape from ordinary life; a paradise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Xanadu, paradise, utopia, heaven
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An opulent building or resort that provides entertainment or luxurious living.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: pleasure palace, pleasuredome, Xanadu
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Shangri-La.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: region, part
History
From a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton (1900–1954): see the quotation below. A Tibetan origin has been suggested, from ཞང (zhang, “name of a district of Ü-Tsang”) + རི (ri, “mountain”) + ལ (la, “pass”), therefore meaning "Mountain Pass of Zhang District".
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
