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What (who) is Shangri-La - definition
Shangri-la (Antarctica)
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LOCATION IN ANTARCTICA
Shangri-la () is a small, secluded valley area in the McMurdo Dry Valleys completely isolated by mountain peaks. It is located immediately south of Joyce Glacier and Pewe Peak.
Shangri-La
SYNONYM OF AN EARTHLY PARADISE, PARTICULARLY A MYTHICAL HIMALAYAN UTOPIA
Shangri La; Shangrila; Shangri-la; Xiangerila; Shangrala; ShangriLa; Shan gri la; Shangra La; Shangri- La
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¦ noun an imaginary earthly paradise.
Origin
the name of a Tibetan utopia in James Hilton's Lost Horizon (1933), from Shangri (an invented name) + Tibetan la 'mountain pass'.
Shangri-La
SYNONYM OF AN EARTHLY PARADISE, PARTICULARLY A MYTHICAL HIMALAYAN UTOPIA
Shangri La; Shangrila; Shangri-la; Xiangerila; Shangrala; ShangriLa; Shan gri la; Shangra La; Shangri- La
Shangri-La is a fictional place in the Kunlun Mountains (昆仑山) described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by English author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains.
Examples of use of Shangri-La
1. The government still makes its presence felt in Shangri–La.
2. "Bhutan is probably the closest thing on Earth to Shangri–La, that fictional paradise," Weiner explained.
3. Likened to the mystical Shangri–La, Tibet has long held fascination for the West.
4. The rural landscape of Shangri–la remains bucolic, but the town is anything but an idyll.
5. The Shangri–La chain has pledged to build two hotels on the strip.