cloud-cuckoo-land

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

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /klaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd/

Noun

cloud-cuckoo-land (uncountable)

  1. An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside.
    • 1916, Aldous Huxley, “The Walk”, in The Burning Wheel:
      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.

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