utopia

See also: Utopia

English

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Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (topos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /juˈtəʊpɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /juˈtoʊpiə/

Noun

utopia (plural utopias)

1. A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
   • 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30: 

     As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.

Antonyms

• dystopia

Derived terms

• utopian

Translations

world in perfect harmony

• Catalan: utopia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏托邦, 乌托邦 (zh) (wūtuōbāng), 桃花源 (zh) (táohuāyuán)

• Czech: utopie f
• Danish: utopi
• Dutch: utopie (nl)
• Esperanto: utopio (eo)
• Finnish: utopia
• French: utopie (fr) f
• German: Utopie (de) f
• Greek: ουτοπία (el) f (outopía)
• Italian: utopia (it) f
• Japanese: 理想郷 (ja) (りそうきょう, risōkyō), ユートピア (yūtopia), 黄金世界 (おうごんせかい, ōgon sekai)

• Korean: 이상향 (isanghyang)
• Latvian: utopija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: utopija (lt) f
• Lower Sorbian: utopija f
• Norwegian: utopi m
• Polish: utopia (pl) f
• Portuguese: utopia (pt)
• Romanian: utopie (ro) f
• Russian: утопия (ru) f (utópija)
• Samogitian: utuopėjė f
• Serbo-Croatian: utopija f
• Spanish: utopía (es) f
• Swedish: utopi (sv) c

See also

• heaven
• paradise

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Catalan

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Noun

utopia f (plural utopies)

1. utopia

Derived terms

• utòpic

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Finnish

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Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (topos, “place, region”).

Noun

utopia

1. utopia

Declension

Declension of utopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija)

	singular	plural
nominative	utopia	utopiat
genitive	utopian	utopioiden utopioitten utopiainrare
partitive	utopiaa	utopioita
accusative	utopian	utopiat
inessive	utopiassa	utopioissa
elative	utopiasta	utopioista
illative	utopiaan	utopioihin
adessive	utopialla	utopioilla
ablative	utopialta	utopioilta
allative	utopialle	utopioille
essive	utopiana	utopioina
translative	utopiaksi	utopioiksi
instructive	—	utopioin
abessive	utopiatta	utopioitta
comitative	—	utopioineen

Anagrams

• toipua

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Italian

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Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (topos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /utoːpja/
• Hyphenation: u‧to‧pì‧a

Noun

utopia f (plural utopie)

1. utopia

Antonyms

• distopia

Derived terms

• utopico
• utopista

Related terms

• utopistico

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (topos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧to‧pi‧a

Noun

utopia f (plural utopias)

1. utopia

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈto.pja/

Noun

utopia f (plural utopias)

1. Alternative form of utopía.

References

• "utopia" in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición (Dictionary of the Spanish Language, Twenty-Second Edition), Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy), 2001.