Etymology

Shangdu

Shang·du
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Today it means: Synonym of Xanadu (“summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire”). Full definition →

Mandarin 上都
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from上都
  2. English todayShangdu

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

Words from the same roots

Mandarin上都 all →

Xanadu

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.