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Shangri-La

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(s̸haŋ′gri lä′)

noun

any imaginary, idyllic utopia or hidden paradise

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

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noun

An imaginary remote paradise on earth; utopia.
A distant and secluded hideaway, usually of great beauty and peacefulness.

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Origin: After Shangri-La, the imaginary land in the novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton

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