fairyland

[fair-ee-land]

noun

1. the imaginary realm of fairies.

2. any enchantingly beautiful region.

fairyland

/ ˈfɛərɪˌlænd /

noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fairyland¹

First recorded in 1580–90; fairy + land

Example Sentences

“I was like…hey, do you want to drive a zebra to work today with me and our magical fairyland?”

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Thanksgivings were frankly secular and uniquely ours: sports, games, picnics at the beach, a “fairyland” parade downtown, warm-weather pleasure drives through the hills.

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We are, as the wife of Stuart Murdoch — lead singer of the band Belle and Sebastian — cooingly calls it, in “fairyland.”

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Crowley’s novel — about a peculiar family with very close ties to fairyland — is widely viewed as the greatest American fantasy novel of its time.

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I am certain the hard-working state officials ordered to write such nonsense do not personally accept this fairyland view of school improvement.

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Related Words

• delusion 
• fancy 
• illusion 
• nightmare 
• reverie 
• vision