English Explanatory Dictionary

fairyland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The land or abode of fairies.
  2. Any place of great natural beauty, or having a magical atmosphere.
  3. Synonym of dreamland (“ideal but unrealistic fantasy world”).
adj
  1. Having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

fairyland fairylands fairy land fairy-land

Etymology

From fairy + land.

Synonyms

dreamworld dreamland

Derived words

fairylandish
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