imaginary earthly paradise, 1938, from Shangri La, name of Tibetan utopia in James Hilton's novel "Lost Horizon" (1933, film version 1937). In Tibetan, la means "mountain pass."
shanachie
shandy
Shane
shanghai
Shanghai
Shangri La
shank
Shannon
shantung
shanty
shantytown
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