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Camelot

ca·me·lot

UK/ˈkæm.əˌlɒt/ US/ˈkæm.əˌlɑt/ fairly common us

noun

1.

(Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur''s kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there

Origin

First attested in Old French as Camaalot in Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart. In the US politics sense a reference to the contemporary musical Camelot (1960), associated with the Kennedy era.

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