cloudland
Americannoun
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the sky.
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a region of unreality, imagination, etc.; dreamland.
Etymology
Origin of cloudland
Example Sentences
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Indeed, its wildest moments are from that forgotten cloudland of the '30s and '40s when every performer was expected to carry a tune.
From Time Magazine Archive
IN the cloudland of higher mathematics, there is a whole area of study called "imaginary numbers."
From Time Magazine Archive
Her private cloudland, on exhibition in a Manhattan gallery last week, might depress some people but would hardly disturb anybody.
From Time Magazine Archive
"What will happen to me; to our precious Lamballe; to you; to your shocking pedant of a husband there, who as usual is in cloudland?"
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
But on this, the day of our trial trip, I never saw the thicket look more lovely; the avenue was a cloudland of tenderest greens, and the music of birds was everywhere around us.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
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