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fairyland

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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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