Shangri-la
noun
Shan·gri-la ˌshaŋ-gri-ˈlä 
1
: a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
2
: a remote usually idyllic hideaway
Synonyms
- Camelot
- Cockaigne
- Eden
- Elysium
- empyrean
- fantasyland
- heaven
- lotusland
- never-never land
- New Jerusalem
- nirvana
- paradise
- promised land
- utopia
- Zion
- Sion
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Word History
Etymology
Shangri-La, imaginary land depicted in the novel Lost Horizon (1933) by James Hilton
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Shangri-la
noun
as in utopia
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness a dreamer who spent much of his life roaming the world in search of his personal Shangri-la Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- utopia
- paradise
- nirvana
- heaven
- wonderland
- fantasyland
- Eden
- empyrean
- lotusland
- promised land
- Cockaigne
- Garden of Eden
- fairyland
- Elysium
- Camelot
- arcadia
- Sion
- blissfulness
- dreamland
- bliss
- Zion
- never-never land
- dreamworld
- New Jerusalem
- joy
- euphoria
- blessedness
- gladness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dystopia
- hell
- anti-utopia
- fool's paradise