Xanadu

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See also Shangdu, and Shang-du

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English [edit]

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Xanadu

Etymology [edit]

From Mandarin 上都 (Shàngdū).

Pronunciation [edit]

Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun [edit]

Xanadu

The summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire
- 1816: — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
  
  In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
  A stately pleasure-dome decree

See also [edit]

Kaiping

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