quword 趣词
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    - Shangri La (n.)    
- 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."
- Stilton (n.)    
- 1736, cheese made famous by a coaching inn at Stilton on the Great North Road from London, the owner being from Leicestershire, where the cheese was made. Since 1969 restricted to cheese made in Leicester, Derby, and Nottingham counties by members of the Stilton Cheese Makers Association. The place name is in Domesday Book as Stichiltone and probably means literally farmstead or village at a stile or steep ascent.
- Shangri-La    
- "A Tibetan utopia in James Hilton’s novel  Lost Horizon (1933)", From Shangri (an invented name) + Tibetan la 'mountain pass'.