noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/klaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd/
/klaʊdˈkukulænd/
1
noun
Meaning 1
An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
History
Etymology
Calque of Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugía), from Aristophanes.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Czech:
Mrakoptakohrad (Aristophanes, transl. Jiří Žáček 1986)
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Czech:
Kocourkov
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Finnish:
Pilvikukkula (Aristophanes, transl. Kaarlo Hirvonen 1972)
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Finnish:
Hölmölä
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
French:
Coucouville-les-Nuées
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
German:
Wolkenkuckucksheim
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
German:
Schilda
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Greek:
Νεφελοκοκκυγία
(Nefelokokkygía)
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Ancient Greek:
Νεφελοκοκκυγία
(Nephelokokkugía)
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Latin:
Abdēra n pl and
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Polish:
Chmurny Kukułczyn
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Portuguese:
Cucolândia das Nuvens
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Russian:
страна́ э́льфов
(straná élʹfov)
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Russian:
ска́зочная страна́
(skázočnaja straná)
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Russian:
мир грёз
(mir grjoz)
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
Spanish:
estar en los cielos
— imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people
