Talk:Xanadu
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Kublah Khan is not necessarily describing Xanadu...it is actually an allegory which some even believe to be about sexual intercourse. --Ari89 02:43, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
don't some sources (m-w.com for example_ say xanadu is a made up word? and it is true that Xanadu the poem is not meant as a literal description
Xanadu the poem? Are you talking about Kublah Khan by COleridge?--Ari89 16:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
- The poem Kublah Khan is at least inspired by by Xanadu the city, and worth note because it is the main venue for most people's knowledge of the word. Also, even if the word "Xanadu" is made up by westerners, it is the name that the majority of the world knows it by.--The reverend 01:06, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Pronunciation
Perhaps we could add a note on pronunciation. I believe "khanadoo" is the correct, but I've only heard "zannadoo" as the pronunciation for the place. Andelarion 11:00, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Titan
Xanadu is also a region/continent on Saturn moon Titan. 89.57.145.86 23:35, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hurstcastle
In Citizen Cane, Hurstcastle is called Xanadu. 67.188.172.165 04:36, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- Perhaps you acually mean Hearst Castle? —QuicksilverT @ 07:56, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Location and size
I have simplified the location to degrees, minutes and seconds. 0.01 of a second is about 30cm (one foot) and it is not sensible to give the location of a huge structure to that level of precision. I have also added figures for the dimensions of the inner and outer cities and the palace. All this information is derived from satellite imagery available on Google Earth as at 11 Nov 2006. FitzHugh 00:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
