cloudland

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English

Etymology

cloud +‎ land

Noun

cloudland (plural cloudlands)

  1. fantasy land, dreamland
    • 1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 29, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
      Wide awake, all at once, he was at the same time plunged even deeper into a cloudland of symbols to which he had no key.
    • 2007, Matilda Betham-Edwards, In the Heart of the Vosges, BiblioBazaar, LLC, page 102 [1]
      Nothing can be more like a ride in cloudland than the drive from Pierrefitte to Luz and from Luz to Gavarnie.

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