Shangri-la Definition

shănggrĭ-lä
noun
Any imaginary, idyllic utopia or hidden paradise.
Webster's New World
A distant and secluded hideaway, usually of great beauty and peacefulness.
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Origin of Shangri-la

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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Shangri-la Sentence Examples

  • It was like his Valhalla, his Shangri-La.

  • If luxury is what you are after, then you've found your Shangri-La in Hotel Nikko.

  • The Shangri-La Diet was created by Seth Roberts, an associate professor of Psychology at the University of California Berkley.

  • Roberts spent years trying to perfect the Shangri-La Diet, using himself as a guinea pig to study the diet's effects.

  • Roberts believes that in order for the Shangri-La Diet to be effective, the dieter must break the "taste-calorie association", thereby lowering the "set point".

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