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Xanadu

 [zan-uh-doo, -dyoo]   Origin

Xan·a·du

   [zan-uh-doo, -dyoo]
noun
a place of great beauty, luxury, and contentment.
Origin:
S.T. Coleridge's modification, in the poem “Kubla Khan” (1797), of Xandu (17th century spelling), modern Shangtu, the site of Kublai Khan's summer residence in SE Mongolia
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Xanadu
Mongol city founded by Kublai Khan, 1625, Anglicized form of Shang-tu. Sense of "dream place of magnificence and luxury" derives from Coleridge's poem (1816).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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