Shangri-La
A place or land of complete bliss, delight, and peace, especially one seen as an…A place or land of complete bliss, delight, and peace, especially one seen as an escape from ordinary life; a paradise.
Meaning
2 sensesA place or land of complete bliss, delight, and peace, especially one seen as an escape from ordinary life; a paradise.
Шангри-Ла́Šangri-Lá
Шанґрі-ЛаŠangri-La
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
An opulent building or resort that provides entertainment or luxurious living.
Translations
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Origin
From a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James HiFrom 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".
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