Shangri-La
noun /ˌʃæŋɡri ˈlɑː/
/ˌʃæŋɡri ˈlɑː/
[singular]- a place that is extremely beautiful and where everything seems perfect, especially a place far away from modern lifeMore Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sources
- Alice in Wonderland
- Casanova
- Cassandra
- Don Juan
- Dorian Gray
- Falstaffian
- Frankenstein
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Lilliputian
- Lothario
- Orwellian
- Pandora’s box
- Peter Pan
- Pied Piper
- Pollyanna
- Rip Van Winkle
- Ruritanian
- Scrooge
- Shangri-La
- Sherlock
- Stepford Wife
- Svengali
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Utopia
- Walter Mitty
Word OriginFrom the name of an imaginary valley in Tibet in James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon, where people do not grow old.Word Originfrom Shangri (an invented name) + la Tibetan ‘mountain pass’.