Meaning & use
Xanadu
An idyllic, magnificent, or imaginary place of great beauty and luxury, often used to describe an unattainable paradise.
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The lavish estate felt like a private Xanadu, hidden away from the rest of the world.
Travelers described the remote valley as a modern Xanadu, untouched by the outside world.
A note on using this word
Xanadu comes from Shangdu, the summer capital of Kublai Khan, popularized in the West by Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan."
Words with a similar meaning
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