Hi guys! Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) Itโs a fun way to improve oneโsย vocabulary by learning new words every week.ย If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.
Hereโs the WOW for this weekย :
Word:
Xanadu
Part Of Speech:
Nounย
Derivatives:
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Pronunciation:
|หwษd(ษ)l| ;ย Xan-a-du
Meaning:
An idyllic, exotic, or luxurious place.
Synonyms:
None.
Antonyms:
None.
Wordย Origin:
Alteration ofย Shang-tu, the name of an ancient city in what is now the Inner Mongolia region of China, as portrayed in Coleridge’s poemย Kubla Khanย (1816).
Use Inย Sentence:
- Xanadu was a lonely fortress, and Susan was quite right to escape from it.
- Three architects and a planner combine to create a Xanadu.
I hope you guys like this wordย and hope itโs useful to you in some or the other way! If you want to check out more words like this, then visit my page:
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21 responses to “Word Of The Week #26”
This lovely word always conjures up images of mythical or fantasy cities – as well as several songs about it. Love that second image. ๐
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Thanks a lot Millie. I was completely entranced by this word and it’s meaning when I first came across it ๐
I hope you’re having a great week!
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It’s a word of fantasy and fascinating stories. A very good word. ๐ My week has been nice and peaceful, thanks, Heena.
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What a special word, the meaning couldn’t be better and it doesn’t have synonyms or antonyms… ๐
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Thanks a lot Lily! I completely agree with you ๐
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Olivia Newton John! Like Millie, I especially love the second image.
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Hehe! Yea… I was listening to the video (I didn’t have the audio, so I was playing the video in the other tab) while doing this post… ๐
Thanks Dagny, even I love the 2nd one ๐
I hope everything’s well at your end ๐
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Everything is good here, thanks. Busy days all around.
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Reminds me of Xanadu with ELO and the Film and this :
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Hahah! Yea, me too!!! ๐
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I find it intriguing that today on a writing prompt I wrote I used the opening to Xanadu.
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That’s really amazing! Xanadu is such a beautiful word! ๐
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It makes me think of Kubla Khan ๐
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Me too Elizabeth ๐
Thanks a ton for visiting!
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I love how the word xanadu conjures up faraway mystical yet happy places. I am so happy that I heard about your weekly challenge! Thank you Here’s my WOW for this week http://wp.me/p4hZD3-50
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Thanks a lot dear, for participating and for the link. I’m also glad that you participated! Welcome to our word-club ๐
And I completely agree with you, Xanadu really does conjures up a mystical feel.
If you have any questions regarding WOW posts then please feel free to contact me. ๐
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I had no idea that Xanadu was an actual word. I remember there was a movie from wayyyyyy back called Xanadu, but I didn’t know that it was a real English word. Hmmmm, I guess we do learn something new every day eh.
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I agree, there’s so much to learn from others each and every day! I’m so glad that you learned about a new word (that being the sole purpose of this prompt!)
I hope things are going well at your end. I’m sorry for not being able to visit your amazing blog as much as I would have liked to, I’m caught up so much in work that I barely get time to even write posts for my own blogs… but I’m getting back on track (slowly!) ๐
Have a great day dear!
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Oh, hahaha. Don’t be sorry. Believe me. I know that life happens and gets super busy. Great to hear that you’re slowly getting back on track though.
You have and excellent day too, my friend.
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