clubland

English

Etymology

club +‎ land

Noun

clubland (usually uncountable, plural clublands)

1. The part of a city where nightclubs are located.
   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 251:

     He ran untaxed whisky down to London's clubland — the very racket the Quinns aimed to threaten with their Tradeston warehouse — and he bossed the Maitlands' cannabis dealers.

2. (uncountable, collective) The world or scene of nightclubs and people who frequent them.
   • 1999 October 30, Michael Paoletta, “Dance Market Improves, But Distribution Catch-22 Remains”, in Billboard, volume 111, number 44, page 45:

     However, while the sounds of clubland—house, electronica, Euro-nrg, trance, big beat, trip-hop, and neo-disco—have never been easier to locate, many independent dance labels are discovering that it's not always easy getting product into the retailer of one's choice.

   • 2015 July 29, Alex Williams, “Former Club Kids Rally Around Stephen Saban, a Scribe of 1980s New York Culture”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     While the once-ubiquitous columnist eventually fled New York during Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s crackdown on debauchery and vice, clubland, it seems, never forgot his influence.