Xanadu(noun):
Meaning:An idyllic, exotic place of great luxury
Usage:
"Although bachelor Gates is building a 37,000-square-foot Xanadu, he maintains that wealth 'loses all power to motivate once you have enough to be comfortable.'" — Tony Chiu & Nick Gallo; If People Complain; People (New York); Oct 24, 1991.
Origin: After Xanadu, the region where a “stately pleasure dome” is located in the poem “Kubla Khan” by S. T. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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