Cloud-cuckoo-land

//klaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside. uncountable

    "That glabrous dome that lifts itself so grand, / There in the marish, is the omphalos, / The navel, umbo, middle, central boss / Of the unique, sole, true Cloud-Cuckoo Land."

  2. 2
    an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality wordnet

Synonyms

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never-never land

Example

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"That glabrous dome that lifts itself so grand, / There in the marish, is the omphalos, / The navel, umbo, middle, central boss / Of the unique, sole, true Cloud-Cuckoo Land."

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugía), from Aristophanes.

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