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Shangri-la

[shang-gruh-lah, shang-gruh-lah] / ˈʃæŋ grəˌlɑ, ˌʃæŋ grəˈlɑ /


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Organised by the think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Shangri-la Dialogue has traditionally been anchored by the US and China, which have been jostling for power in the region.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025

This house is Harlan’s Shangri-la, a place where a man who made his own rules lived.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

"Ratched" was a bomb, but the psychiatric hospital where Sarah Paulson's wicked nurse worked was an interior designer's Shangri-la.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had sought a proper meeting with his Chinese counterpart at the annual Shangri-la Dialogue but Beijing refused.

From Reuters • Jun. 2, 2023

The house was set on a half-acre landscaped like Shangri-la.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols