Xanadu

Xan·a·du

 (zăn′ə-do͞o′, -dyo͞o′)

n.

An idyllic, beautiful place.

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[From Xanadu, archaic English name for Kublai Khan's summer capital in Inner Mongolia (described in the poem "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge as a place of great marvels), ultimately from early Mandarin ʂaŋ` tū (equivalent to Modern Mandarin Shàngdū : shàng, upper + dū, capital).]

Xan•a•du

(ˈzæn əˌdu, -ˌdyu)

n., pl. -dus.

a place of great beauty, luxury, and contentment.

[S. T. Coleridge's modification, in the poem “Kubla Khan” (1797), of Xandu (17th-century sp.), modern Shangtu, the site of Kublai Khan's summer residence in SE Mongolia]