wonderland
Americannoun
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wonderlands
plural
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a land of wonders or marvels.
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a wonderful country or region.
a wonderland of rare plants and flowers; a winter wonderland.
noun
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an imaginary land of marvels or wonders
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an actual place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder
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Origin of wonderland
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Halloween here is a wonderland, and Descanso continues to lean heavily into the fantastical, this year adding glowing wire sculptures from Helsinki-based artist Alexander Reichstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Kate Wollen from Forestry England describes the transformation as a "watery wonderland"
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“The consumer needs to engage with newness and new content so many times a day, and so brands really need a content wonderland that can give them a big bank of content.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
The vast glass-domed exhibition space became a wonderland, with pink weeping willows and oversized toadstools adorning the runway.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
The parking lot of Posada Middle School looked like an autumn wonderland.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
Winter wonderlands are absent from these images, though many of the locales Mr. Friedlander captures are merry and bright.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Consumers' controversial obsession with food photography resulted in some restaurants banning smartphone photography while other businesses created veritable wonderlands for food-inspired selfies such as the Museum of Ice Cream and The Egg House.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2023
Weinstock was creating glorious cake wonderlands before the dawn of Instagram.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2021
As with all wonderlands, though, there’s a fine line between fantasy and dystopia.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2019
They tried everything on their stage, even their wonderlands.
From How Shakspere Came to Write the Tempest by Rudyard Kipling
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