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Shangri-La (s̸haŋ′gri lä′)

noun

any imaginary, idyllic utopia or hidden paradise

Etymology: < the scene of James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon (1933)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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