Shangri-la

noun

Shan·​gri-la ˌshaŋ-gri-ˈlä 

1

: a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia

2

: a remote usually idyllic hideaway

Synonyms

• Camelot
• Cockaigne
• Eden
• Elysium
• empyrean
• fantasyland
• heaven
• lotusland
• never-never land
• New Jerusalem
• nirvana
• paradise
• promised land
• utopia
• Zion
• Sion

Word History

Etymology

Shangri-La, imaginary land depicted in the novel Lost Horizon (1933) by James Hilton

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1