neverland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ideal, fantastical, imaginary, or dreamlike place.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

neverland neverlands

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.

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