Topia

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses, usually featuring landscapes. historical
  2. 2
    The lived physical place, in opposition to the ideal of a utopia.

Synonyms

All synonyms

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin topia, from Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia), ultimately from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), by analogy with utopia. Compare also French topie.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.