Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
Xanadu
noun · first attested 19th century
The dream palace was a real Mongol capital.
An idealised place of luxury and calm.
Shangdu·People's Republic of China
42.3580°N 116.1852°E · Q471765
Record
- Relationship
- Named through a historical place-name
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Shangdu
- In English
Xanadu
Coleridge's Kubla Khan fixed the name in English. It renders Shangdu, Kublai Khan's summer capital in what is now Inner Mongolia.
People's Republic of China
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