shadowland

[ shad-oh-land ]

noun

1. a land or region of shadows, phantoms, unrealities, or uncertainties:

   the shadowland of imagination.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shadowland¹

First recorded in 1815–25; shadow + -land

Example Sentences

Kutoyis did many other high deeds before he departed to the Shadowland, and when he went he left sorrow in many lodges.

From Project Gutenberg

Not a Doomsman set out upon his long journey to the shadowland but that a Southron was forced to bear him company.

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He had passed painlessly and unconsciously from the dreamland of Saturn to the shadowland of eternity.

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Far away in Shadowland Josiah heard those words, "There lived no greater gentleman."

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Nay—more sordid than the romantic wickedness of shadowland—it had even removed those couches and tables!

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