fairyland

English

Etymology

fairy +‎ land

Noun

fairyland (plural fairylands)

1. The imaginary land or abode of fairies.
   • 2004, Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner in Fairyland , Kessinger Publishing, page 174 [1]

     Not merely a foolish fairyland of make-believe and dragons and princesses imprisoned in animals, but a fairyland the whole world needs - the sympathy of sweet endeavour, love, gentleness and sacrifice for others.

Synonyms

• dreamworld

Translations

the imaginary land or abode of fairies

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仙境 (zh) (xiānjìng), 洞天 (zh) (dòngtiān)

• Danish: eventyrland n
• Finnish: satumaa (fi)
• French: royaume des fées m, pays des fées m
• German: Märchenland n
• Hindi: परियों का देश m (pariyõ kā deś)
• Hungarian: tündérország (hu), meseország (hu)
• Ido: feolando (io)
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• Japanese: 仙境 (せんきょう, senkyō), 妖精の国 (yōsei no kuni)
• Kyrgyz: сыйкырдуу өлкө (ky) (sıykırduu ölkö)
• Latin: terra divalis
• Norwegian: eventyrland n

  Nynorsk: eventyrland n

• Portuguese: mundo das fadas m
• Russian: ска́зочная страна́ f (skázočnaja straná), волше́бная страна́ f (volšébnaja straná)
• Scots: Elfame, Elphyne, fary
• Swedish: sagoland (sv) n
• Urdu: پرستان m (paristān)
• Volapük: feyalän (vo), märalän (vo)

Adjective

fairyland (not comparable)

1. Having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.

   The children built a fairyland cottage out of gingerbread, decorated with gumdrops and peppermint sticks.

References

• “fairyland”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.