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Xanadus

[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).
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