Definitions for xanaduˈzæn əˌdu, -ˌdyu
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Xan•a•duˈzæn əˌdu, -ˌdyu(n.)(pl.)-dus.
a place of great beauty, luxury, and contentment.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of Xanadu:
S. T. Coleridge's modification, in the poem “Kubla Khan” (1797), of Xandu (17th-cent. sp.), modern Shangtu, the site of Kublai Khan's summer residence in SE Mongolia
Wiktionary
Xanadu(ProperNoun)
The summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire
Origin: From 上都 (Shàngdū).
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