cloud-cuckoo-land
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cloud-cuckoo-land
- /klaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd/
- /klaʊdˈkukulænd/
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, cloud + cuckoo + land. Calque of Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugía), from Aristophanes.
noun cloud cuckoo land · cloudcuckooland · cloud cuckoo-land
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An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside.
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.
Similar: never-never land
Translations
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noun imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
| Español | estar en los cielos |
|---|---|
| Português | Cucolândia das Nuvens |
| Français | Coucouville-les-Nuées |
| Deutsch | Wolkenkuckucksheim, Schilda |
| Ελληνικά | Νεφελοκοκκυγία Nefelokokkygía |
| Русский | страна́ э́льфов straná élʹfov, ска́зочная страна́ skázočnaja straná, мир грёз mir grjoz |
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