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dreamland

American  
[dreem-land] / ˈdrimˌlænd /

noun

  1. a pleasant, lovely land that exists only in dreams or the imagination; the region of reverie.

  2. a state of sleep.


dreamland British  
/ ˈdriːmlænd /

noun

  1. an ideal land existing in dreams or in the imagination

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dreamland

First recorded in 1825–35; dream + land


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When Kai Havertz smashed the ball high into the roof of the net over Matvey Safonov inside six minutes, their supporters were in dreamland at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Mr. Parsons, who in his teens made a YouTube series along the same lines as the movie, exhibits a smooth facility for taking viewers into the backrooms, a David Lynch-Stanley Kubrick dreamland of the subconscious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Hamby said he believes solutions lie in a compromise between the upper and lower states, but that will require all of them to stop clinging to “their most aggressive and rigid dreamland legal positions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

Only this dreamland is dedicated to timeless tales laced with life lessons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025

On Thursday, August 19, Geyer learned that during the preceding night Holmes’s castle in Englewood, his own dark dreamland, had burned to the ground.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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