fairyland

[ fair-ee-land ]

/ ˈfɛər iˌlænd /

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noun

the imaginary realm of fairies.

any enchantingly beautiful region.

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Origin of fairyland

First recorded in 1580–90; fairy + land

Words nearby fairyland

fairy godmother, fairy green, fairyhood, fairyism, fairy lamp, fairyland, fairy lights, fairy lily, fairy penguin, fairy primrose, fairy ring

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How to use fairyland in a sentence

Even now, at 9, she has one foot in reality and the other in a kind of fairyland, and sometimes the boundaries between the two are hard to define.
When my daughter asked if Santa was real, my answer was yes|Vanessa McGrady|December 17, 2020|Washington Post
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
To address Fleurette, impalpable creation of fairyland, as “old girl” was particularly distasteful.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
"Why, she was very old and was all dried up and withered before Oz became a fairyland," explained the Scarecrow.
The Tin Woodman of Oz|L. Frank Baum

A coach and four, a Cinderella coach, would be the 28 only suitable equipage in which to make this journey into fairyland.
Italian Days and Ways|Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
It is neither the amiable fairyland of Callot nor the bourgeois pessimism 53 of Hogarth.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
Silent like a cloud, the group moves onward—a sweet-scented apparition from fairyland.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther

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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