cloud-cuckoo-land en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /klaʊdˈkukulænd/
- /klaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd/
Etymology
Etymology tree English cloud English cuckoo Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land ▲ Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugía)calq. English cloud-cuckoo-land By surface analysis, cloud + cuckoo + land. Calque of Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugía), from Aristophanes.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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.
1916, Aldous Huxley, “The Walk”, in The Burning Wheel:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cloud cuckoo-land | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cloudcuckooland | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cloud cuckoo land | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (17)
cs Mrakoptakohrad (Aristophanes, transl. Jiří Žáček 1986) (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · de Schilda (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · ru ска́зочная страна́ (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · ru мир грёз (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · es estar en los cielos (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · el Νεφελοκοκκυγία (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · fi Hölmölä (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · grc Νεφελοκοκκυγία (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · fi Pilvikukkula (Aristophanes, transl. Kaarlo Hirvonen 1972) (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · fr Coucouville-les-Nuées (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · ru страна́ э́льфов (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · pt Cucolândia das Nuvens (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · la Abdēra n pl and (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · pl Chmurny Kukułczyn (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · cs Kocourkov (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · de Wolkenkuckucksheim (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people) · sk Kocúrkovo (imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people)