dreamland en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Germanic *draumaz Proto-West Germanic *draum Old English drēam Middle English drem English dream Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English -land English dreamland From dream + -land.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An imaginary world experienced while dreaming.
“Child of earth,” she said, ”dost think we are here in dreamland?” ¶ He answered nothing, and she said, “This is no dream. […]”
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 1:Near-synonyms: neverland, never-never land
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(countable, uncountable) An imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic; a fantasy.
Near-synonyms: neverland, never-never land
Those long legs of McTominay sensed where the ball would land, and carried him there first to crack a half-volley past Arrizabalaga and send Scotland into dreamland.
28 March 2023, Graeme McGarry, “Scott McTominay earns place in history as Scotland stun Spain”, in The Herald:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dreamlands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
fantasy land · cloudland · dreamworld · neverland · neverland · fairyland · dreamscape · never-never land · dreamworld · cloudland · never-never land · slumberland
Translations (32)
ko 꿈나라 (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · hu álomvilág (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · cmn 夢鄉 /梦乡 (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · fi unten maa (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · pl kraina marzeń (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · ru ска́зочная страна́ (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · de Traumland (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · la terra sonalis (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · pl kraina marzeń (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic) · fr pays de rêve (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · ko 몽환계 (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic) · nl dromenland (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · cmn 睡鄉 /睡乡 (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · fr monde imaginaire (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic) · fi unelmien maa (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic) · fr pays imaginaire (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · tr düşler alemi (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · da drømmeland (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · pdt Pooselaunt (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · tr düşler ülkesi (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic) · ru мир грёз (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · cmn 夢境 /梦境 (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · nb drømmeland (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic) · ko 몽환경 (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic) · cmn 幻境 (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic) · pdt Pooselaunt (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic) · hu álomország (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · es país de los sueños (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · nb drømmeland (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · da drømmeland (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic) · eo revolando (imaginary world experienced while dreaming) · fr paradis (imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic)