XANADU


Meaning of XANADU in English

[ 'zanədu: ]

■ noun ( plural ~s ) an imaginary wonderful place.

Origin

alt. of Shang-tu , an ancient city in SE Mongolia, as portrayed in Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan (1816).

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.