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Xanadu

noun Xan·a·du \ˈza-nə-ˌdü, -ˌdyü\

Definition of XANADU

:  an idyllic, exotic, or luxurious place
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Origin of XANADU

Xanadu, locality in Kubla Khan (1798), poem by Samuel T. Coleridge
First Known Use: 1919

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