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Shangdu

Syllables: Shang·du

Shangdu proper noun: synonym of Xanadu (“summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire”).

Proper noun

Shangdu

  1. Synonym of Xanadu (“summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire”).
    Synonyms:
    Xanadu

Synonyms of Shangdu

Origin of Shangdu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 上都 (Shàngdū).

Questions about Shangdu

What does Shangdu mean?
Shangdu means synonym of Xanadu (“summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire”).
What part of speech is Shangdu?
Shangdu is a proper noun.

Words near Shangdu in the dictionary

  1. Shangans
  2. Shangcai
  3. Shangchen
  4. Shangcheng
  5. Shangdang
  6. Shangdu
  7. Shangella
  8. shanghae
  9. shanghaed
  10. shanghaeing
  11. shanghaes

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