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   Shan·gri-La

   /ˌSHaNGɡrēˈlä/

   

   • 1. a Tibetan utopia in James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon (1933).

   noun

   • 1. a place regarded as an earthly paradise, especially when involving a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization: "we moved out of Los Angeles and created this mountain-top Shangri-La"

   Word Origin from Shangri (an invented name) + Tibetan la ‘mountain pass’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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