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wonderland

noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndəˌlænd/
  • US: /ˈwʌndɚˌlænd/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: W AH1 N D ER0 L AE2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A place full of wonder or marvels.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of headspace.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: multiplicity slang

Examples

  • Typically only used in tulpamancy circles.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: headspace

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an imaginary realm of marvels or wonders

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

4

noun

Meaning 4

a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma

History

Etymology

From wonder + land.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بلاد العجائب — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Bulgarian: страна на чудесата (strana na čudesata) — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Catalan: país de les meravelles — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Chinese Mandarin: 仙境 (xiānjìng) — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Esperanto: mirlando — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Estonian: imedemaa — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Finnish: ihmemaa — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • French: pays des merveilles — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • German: Wunderland — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Greek: χώρα των θαυμάτων (chóra ton thavmáton) — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Hungarian: csodaország — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Italian: paese delle meraviglie — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Japanese: 不思議な国 (fushigi na kuni) — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Japanese: おとぎの国 (otogi no kuni) — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Japanese: 仙境 (senkyō) — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Korean: 이상한 나라 (isanghan nara) — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Korean: 선경 (seon'gyeong) — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Latin: terra mirabilis — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Macedonian: земја на чудата (zemja na čudata) — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eventyrland — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Polish: kraina czarów — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Portuguese: país das maravilhas — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Romanian: tara minunilor — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Russian: страна́ чуде́с (straná čudés) — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Spanish: país de las maravillas — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Swahili: nchi ya ajabu — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Swedish: underland — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Vietnamese: xứ sở thần tiên — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
  • Vietnamese: tiên cảnh — Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
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