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cloud cuckoo land

cloud cuck·oo land
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kloud koo-koo, koo k-oo land]
    • /klaʊd ˈku ku, ˈkʊk u lænd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kloud koo-koo, koo k-oo land]
    • /klaʊd ˈku ku, ˈkʊk u lænd/

Definitions of cloud cuckoo land words

  • noun cloud cuckoo land an idealized, illusory domain of imagination; cloudland: the cloud-cuckoo-land of technicolor cartoon whimsy. 1
  • noun cloud cuckoo land Alternative spelling of cloud-cuckoo-land. 0
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Origin of cloud cuckoo land

First appearance:

before 1815
One of the 39% newest English words
1815-25; translation of Greek Nephelokokkȳgía, the realm which separates the gods from mankind in Aristophanes' The Birds

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Parts of speech for Cloud cuckoo land

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Cloud cuckoo land

cloud cuckoo land popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for cloud cuckoo land

noun cloud cuckoo land

  • slumber — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
  • utopia — an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
  • shangri-la — an imaginary paradise on earth, especially a remote and exotic utopia.
  • seventh heaven — (especially in Islam and the cabala) the highest heaven, where God and the most exalted angels dwell.
  • never-never land — an unreal, imaginary, or ideal state, condition, place, etc.
All 6 Synonyms of cloud cuckoo land

Antonyms for cloud cuckoo land

noun cloud cuckoo land

  • real world — the realm of practical or actual experience, as opposed to the abstract, theoretical, or idealized sphere of the classroom, laboratory, etc.: recent college graduates looking for jobs in the real world of rising unemployment.
  • wakefulness — unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful.
All 2 Antonyms of cloud cuckoo land

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