cloud-cuckoo-land

noun
/klaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd/

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. 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.

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