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Shangri-La|ˌʃæŋgrɪˈlɑː|
Also Shangrila, shangri-la, etc.
The name of Shangri-La [f. Tibetan la mountain pass], a Tibetan utopia in Lost Horizon (1933), a novel by James Hilton, used transf. to designate an earthly paradise, a place of retreat from the worries of modern civilization. (In quot. 1945 as quasi-adj.)
[1933J. Hilton Lost Horizon ix. 212 When the High Lama asked him whether Shangri-La was not unique in his experience..he answered..‘To be quite frank, it reminds me very slightly of Oxford, where I used to lecture.’ 1938‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts xv. 197 ‘It's a simply hideous place.’..‘It's not exactly another Shangri-La.’] 1941Time 23 June 53/1 The Captain operates an insular Shangri-La in the South Pacific. 1945L. Durrell Let. 15 Dec. in Spirit of Place (1969) 81, I was afraid I would sound so heartlessly healthy and the country so Shangri la that you would write me a stinker. 1960D. Lessing In Pursuit of English i. 15 Their Shangri-La would be populated..with nice professional people. 1971Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 11 Dec. 53/1 The Windward Islands..excel any of the shangri-las of the South Pacific. 1977China Now July/Aug. 19/1 The lamasery, for all its association with the Shangrila myth of eternal youth and joy, brought misery. |