Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An imaginary remote paradise on earth; utopia.
- noun A distant and secluded hideaway, usually of great beauty and peacefulness.
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- noun A place of complete bliss, delight, and peace;
paradise .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Explorers in the past century have set out to find Shambhala in Tibet, which is also where James Hilton placed it in his novel Lost Horizon under the name of Shangri-la.
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011
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Explorers in the past century have set out to find Shambhala in Tibet, which is also where James Hilton placed it in his novel Lost Horizon under the name of Shangri-la.
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011
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Thirty-one casualties were confirmed by police in the "Shangri-la" northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, the epicenter of Sunday night's quake.
Magnitude 6.8 quake in India, several dead Reuters 2011
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It could be Xanadu, Shangri-la, whatever, the official said.
Federal agencies, contractors preparing for government shutdown 2011
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It is the ultimate Shangri-la, the most beautiful Caribbean island.
Dwight Brown: St. Lucia -- The Shangri-la Caribbean Island Dwight Brown 2011
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The new science fiction anime show, Shangri-la, just began its run on Japanese TV.
April 2009 2009
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It could be Xanadu, Shangri-la, whatever, the official said.
Federal agencies, contractors preparing for government shutdown 2011
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Curator Martin Brauen said that while the books appeal to the kid in all of us "I always thought it should be fun to go to a museum", the collection provokes a more adult consideration of "our stereotypes, our notions of Shangri-la, and some weird theories about Tibet and its inhabitants."
What's That in the Sky? The Himalayas Lizzie Simon 2011
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She had pleased all her life, in her sphere this was still a vocation; her life had been all about remarks, about deciding whether the fence of talk led to the fiery furnaces of hell or to Shangri-la.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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Hav joins Shangri-la and Brobdingnag in the atlas of inspiration.
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