# Shangdu

> English word · Proper noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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