adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The children built a fairyland cottage out of gingerbread, decorated with gumdrops and peppermint sticks.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The land or abode of fairies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Any place of great natural beauty, or having a magical atmosphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of dreamland (“ideal but unrealistic fantasy world”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dreamland
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the enchanted realm of fairies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: faerie, faery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
6
noun
Meaning 6
something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fantasy world, phantasy world
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fantasy, phantasy
Narrower terms: paracosm
History
Etymology
From fairy + land.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
仙境
(xiānjìng)
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Chinese Mandarin:
洞天
(dòngtiān)
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Danish:
eventyrland
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Esperanto:
felando
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Finnish:
satumaa
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
French:
royaume des fées
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
French:
pays des fées
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
German:
Märchenland
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Hindi:
परियों का देश
(pariyõ kā deś)
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Hungarian:
tündérország
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Hungarian:
meseország
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Ido:
feolando
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Japanese:
仙境
(senkyō)
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Japanese:
妖精の国
(yōsei no kuni)
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Kyrgyz:
сыйкырдуу өлкө
(sıykırduu ölkö)
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Latin:
terra divalis
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Malay:
keinderaan
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Norwegian:
eventyrland
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Norwegian Nynorsk:
eventyrland
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Polish:
Nibylandia
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Portuguese:
mundo das fadas
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Russian:
ска́зочная страна́
(skázočnaja straná)
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Russian:
волше́бная страна́
(volšébnaja straná)
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Scots:
Elfame
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Scots:
Elphyne
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Scots:
fary
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Swedish:
sagoland
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Turkish:
masallar ülkesi
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Turkish:
periler ülkesi
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Urdu:
پرستان
(paristān)
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Volapük:
feyalän
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies
Volapük:
märalän
— the imaginary land or abode of fairies