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neverland

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An ideal, fantastical, imaginary, or dreamlike place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: La-La Land, fantasy land, dreamland, dreamworld

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: La-La Land, fantasy land, dreamland, dreamworld

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Never + land. The term was most famously used in J.M. Barrie's Book, Peter Pan, as the name of the fictional island that the Darling children visit with the title character. Compare utopia, which is semantically Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”), suggesting a nonexistent place.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese: 烏有鄉 /乌有乡 — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Danish: Ønskeøen — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Esperanto: neniamlando — an ideal or imaginary place
  • French: pays imaginaire — an ideal or imaginary place
  • German: Nimmerland — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Greek: χώρα του ποτέ (chóra tou poté) — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Hebrew: אֶרֶץ לְעוֹלָם לֹא (éretz l'olám-lo) — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Hungarian: sohaország — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Italian: isola che non c'è — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Latin: insula imaginaria — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Latin: terra imaginaria — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Macedonian: недојдија (nedojdija) — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Persian: ناکجا آباد (nâkojâ âbâd) — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Polish: Nibylandia — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Portuguese: terra do nunca — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Russian: нетла́ндия (netlándija) — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Russian: небыля́ндия (nebyljándija) — an ideal or imaginary place
  • Swedish: landet ingenstans — an ideal or imaginary place
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