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Origin of Invented Words Shangri-la

About the history, origins, and definitions of the invented word Shangri-la.

ORIGINS OF INVENTED WORDS

Shangri-la A paradise on earth. The hidden paradise described by English novelist James Hilton in his novel Lost Horizon (1933).


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