cloud-cuckoo-land

See also: cloudcuckooland, cloud cuckoo-land, and cloud cuckoo land

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd/

Noun

cloud-cuckoo-land (uncountable)

An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside.

Synonyms

never-never land

Hypernyms

land

Translations

imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people

Czech: Mrakoptakohrad (cs) m (Aristophanes, transl. Jiří Žáček 1986), Kocourkov m (common language)
Finnish: Pilvikukkula (Aristophanes, transl. Kaarlo Hirvonen 1972), Hölmölä (common language)
French: Coucouville-les-Nuées
German: Wolkenkuckucksheim (de) n, Schilda
Greek: Νεφελοκοκκυγία (el) f (Nefelokokkygía)
Ancient: Νεφελοκοκκυγία f (Nephelokokkugía)

Latin: Abdēra (la) n pl and f
Polish: Chmurny Kukułczyn
Portuguese: Cucolândia das Nuvens f
Russian: страна́ э́льфов f (straná élʹfov), ска́зочная страна́ f (skázočnaja straná), мир грёз m (mir grjóz)
Spanish: estar en los cielos

References

cloud-cuckoo-land on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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