wonderland

English

Etymology

From wonder +‎ land.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌndəˌlænd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌndɚˌlænd/

Noun

wonderland (plural wonderlands)

1. An imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels.
   • 1790 J. Wolcot Compl. Epist. to Bruce 332, in Wks. (1812) II. 368

     Where other trav'lers, fraught with terror, roam, Lo! Bruce in Wonder-land is quite at home.

   • 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:

     It's a geological wonderland, with great exposures of colorful and varied sedimentary rocks.

Coordinate terms

• Oz
• Lovecraft Country

Derived terms

• Alice in Wonderland
• winter wonderland

Translations

Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels

• Arabic: بلاد العجائب
• Bulgarian: страна на чудесата (strana na čudesata)
• Catalan: país de les meravelles m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仙境 (zh) (xiānjìng)

• Esperanto: mirlando
• Estonian: imedemaa
• Finnish: ihmemaa
• French: pays des merveilles m
• German: Wunderland
• Greek: χώρα των θαυμάτων f (chóra ton thavmáton)
• Hungarian: csodaország (hu)
• Italian: paese delle meraviglie m
• Japanese: 不思議な国 (ふしぎなくに, fushigi na kuni), おとぎの国 (おとぎのくに, otogi no kuni), 仙境 (ja) (せんきょう, senkyō)
• Korean: 이상한 나라 (isanghan nara), 선경(仙境) (ko) (seon'gyeong)
• Latin: terra mirabilis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eventyrland n

• Portuguese: país das maravilhas m
• Romanian: tara minunilor
• Russian: страна́ чуде́с f (straná čudés)
• Spanish: país de las maravillas
• Swahili: nchi ya ajabu
• Swedish: underland n
• Vietnamese: xứ sở thần tiên, tiên cảnh (vi)