fairyland

[ fair-ee-land ]

/ ˈfɛər iˌlænd /

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noun

the imaginary realm of fairies.

any enchantingly beautiful region.

Nearby words

fairy-slipper, fairy-tale, fairyfloss, fairyhood, fairyism, fairyland, fais-dodo, faisal, faisal i, faisal ibn abdul aziz, faisal ii

Origin of fairyland

First recorded in 1580–90; fairy + land

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Examples from the Web for fairyland

Tunku Varadarajan asks, did Greg Smith just wake up from a fairyland?
Goldman Sachs Executive Quits in a New York Times Piece, Did He Just Realize What Goldman Does?|Tunku Varadarajan|March 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It is dangerous to wander in fairyland, as Chesterton has himself demonstrated, "one might meet a fairy."
G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study|Julius West
There the visit to Fairyland was of a more voluntary character, and the hero was able to go to and fro as he pleased.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland
Gotland was also a fairyland, but it stayed up through a man bringing fire to it.
In Northern Mists (Volume 1 of 2)|Fridtjof Nansen

"I will be your wife," she said; and then, to my thinking, we went straight away to fairyland.
Coralie|Charlotte M. Braeme
I could not believe that any girl could find such friends except in fairyland.
Clementina|A.E.W. Mason

British Dictionary definitions for fairyland

fairyland

/ (ˈfɛərɪˌlænd) /

noun

the imaginary domain of the fairies; an enchanted or wonderful place

a fantasy world, esp one resulting from a person's wild imaginings

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fairyland

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British Dictionary definitions for fairyland

fairyland

noun