Cockaigne en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /kɒˈkeɪn/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kəˈkeɪn/
Etymology
From Old French cocagne, of obscure origin, but the many references to sweet delicacies in the 13th century poem that is the first record of the word suggest it may have come from a Germanic word for a cake, probably the ancestor of the modern German Kuchen. See also Proto-Germanic *kōkô. May also relate to or be influenced by Old Irish cucainn (“food ration, sweet pie”).
Meanings
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(qualifier:mediaeval folklore) A land of plenty, luxury, and idleness.
Near-synonyms: lotus land, land of milk and honey
In Cockaigne, the Land of Plenty, people never argued. Instead, they partied, they danced, they drank, and they slept around.
2017, Rutger Bregman, chapter 1, in Elizabeth Manton, transl., Utopia for Realists, Kindle edition, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cockayne | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Cocagne | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Cocaigne | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Shangri-La · pleasuredom · Xanadu · pleasuredome · Arcadia
Hypernyms
Relateds
Synonyms
lubberland · land of plenty · land of milk and honey · lotus land
Translations (20)
ca país de Cucanya (mythical land) · sh zèmlja Dembelija (mythical land) · nl Luilekkerland (mythical land) · ru Кока́нь (mythical land) · ca Xauxa (mythical land) · pl Kukania (mythical land) · it paese della cuccagna (mythical land) · fr pays de cocagne (mythical land) · sh зѐмља Дембелија (mythical land) · de Schlaraffenland (mythical land) · fr cocagne (mythical land) · fi Laiskurila (mythical land) · mr कॉकेन (mythical land) · da slaraffenland (mythical land) · pt Cucanha (mythical land) · it cuccagna (mythical land) · ru Шлараффенла́нд (mythical land) · sv schlaraffenland (mythical land) · nb slaraffenland (mythical land) · es país de Cucaña (mythical land)