[ ˌʃaŋgrɪ'lα: ]
■ noun an imaginary earthly paradise.
Origin
the name of a Tibetan utopia in James Hilton's Lost Horizon (1933), from Shangri (an invented name) + Tibetan la 'mountain pass'.
[ ˌʃaŋgrɪ'lα: ]
■ noun an imaginary earthly paradise.
Origin
the name of a Tibetan utopia in James Hilton's Lost Horizon (1933), from Shangri (an invented name) + Tibetan la 'mountain pass'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004