neverland en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Never + land. The term was most famously used in J.M. Barrie's Book, Peter Pan, as the name of the fictional island that the Darling children visit with the title character. Compare utopia, which is semantically Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”), suggesting a nonexistent place.
Meanings
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An ideal, fantastical, imaginary, or dreamlike place.
Near-synonyms: La-La Land, fantasy land, dreamland, dreamworld
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| neverlands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
nevermore · nowheresville · never-never land · Nowheresville
Synonyms
dreamworld · dreamland · fantasy land · La-La Land
Translations (18)
de Nimmerland (an ideal or imaginary place) · da Ønskeøen (an ideal or imaginary place) · fr pays imaginaire (an ideal or imaginary place) · el χώρα του ποτέ (an ideal or imaginary place) · mk недојдија (an ideal or imaginary place) · pt terra do nunca (an ideal or imaginary place) · it isola che non c'è (an ideal or imaginary place) · ru небыля́ндия (an ideal or imaginary place) · fa ناکجا آباد (an ideal or imaginary place) · ru нетла́ндия (an ideal or imaginary place) · la insula imaginaria (an ideal or imaginary place) · sv landet ingenstans (an ideal or imaginary place) · he אֶרֶץ לְעוֹלָם לֹא (an ideal or imaginary place) · la terra imaginaria (an ideal or imaginary place) · eo neniamlando (an ideal or imaginary place) · zh 烏有鄉 /乌有乡 (an ideal or imaginary place) · hu sohaország (an ideal or imaginary place) · pl Nibylandia (an ideal or imaginary place)