Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An idyllic, beautiful place.
Wiktionary
- n. The summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire
Etymologies
- From Mandarin 上都 (Shàngdū). (Wiktionary)
- After Xanadu, a place in "Kubla Khan,” a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Xanadu" is one of my favorite Rush tunes, especially the live version.”
“I noticed how much blonde actress Laurette Spang resembled Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu, two full years before that opus.”
“One of the latter is a stone post embellished with writhing dragons, a monument from Khubilai Khan's celebrated "stately pleasure dome" in Xanadu:”
The Huffington Post: Lee Rosenbaum: Barbarians Tamed: The Met's Timid "Khubilai Khan" Exhibition
“Ted Nelson's Ur-hypertext project Xanadu is open-source and online.”
“Kubla Khan was his name in Xanadu of course, but in Hong Kong, for the sake of convenience and brevity, he was called Catchik Chater.”
“After scoring with his campy stage adaptation of "Xanadu" -- perhaps not coincidentally, another project with Greek roots -- playwright/librettist Douglas Carter Beane has cleverly transformed Aristophanes 'ancient scenario about sexual politics into a contemporary musical comedy with the raunchy-but-sweet flavor of an "American Pie" romp.”
“Xanadu" - the-movie boasts cheesy supernatural effects, bewildering characterizations”
“Xanadu" - inspired video features four young-ins on a kiddie-go-round and in particular one pre-pubescent”
“The stalled $3.8-billion project—formerly known as Xanadu and since renamed American Dream at Meadowlands—has bedeviled two previous teams of developers over eight years.”
“That's because of the 4.5-million-square-foot American Dream complex formerly known as Xanadu, due to open in the Meadowlands in late 2013.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Xanadu’.
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color (green)
tiara's color lists rebuilt. ;)
( visual, colors, green, descriptive, randomness )green, Cloud, Celery, Mint, Turquoise, Apple, Lime, Kelly, Smaragdine/Emerald, Olivacious/Olive, Pistachio, Chartreuse(Tradit... and 247 more...
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Metaphorical locations
Fictional places that, somehow, everyone has heard of anyway.
Real places that have taken on the veneer of myth.
Anywhere that's really nowhere.Bumfuck, Idaho, Timbuktu, Dullsville, Anytown, USA, Nowheresville, The Boondocks, The Boonies, Skid Row, Main Street, the wrong side of..., cloudcuckooland, utopia and 45 more...
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October Words-10033
During the month of October, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has a...
bedel, nirvana, colloquialisms, Porcine, proletariat, Xanadu, decorous, bourgeois, unencumbered, gratis, cosseted, Brank and 30 more...
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Knee Deep in Chic
Words, prose, bon mots, and literary styles that cause a contagious enthusiasm by its very existence. They can be muses to a story. rekindling the spark that went out. The cure-all elixir to a bla...
euphuism, quiddity, saudade, zugzwang, razbliuto, parti pris, oleaginous, crevasse, chantepleure, chiaroscuro, prestidigitation, dysphemism and 79 more...
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Pursue bliss
Words for those who believe everyday should be your day in the sun. Follow your bliss!
Bon vivant, frabjous, Joseph Campbell, bel esprit, esthete, elegantiarum, grammaticaster, jouissance, surplus-jouissance, elysian, thaumazein, mirabile dictu and 61 more...
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Fictional Places
Fictional worlds, countries, etc., particularly fantasy or sci-fi ones
Oz, Narnia, Wonderland, Underland, Underground, Labyrinth, Neverland, Pern, Tortall, Middle Earth, Archenland, Andalasia and 76 more...
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for Xanadu.
bilby See also xanadu. Oct 16, 2010
sherry28 "It had to seemed to her an adolescent Xanadu ." From: All we ever wanted was everything . Author: Janelle Brown. Page 261
Oct 16, 2010