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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But many said if anyone could transform the arena into a wedding wonderland, it would be Swift.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
When Halle Bailey moved from Georgia to Los Angeles as a wide-eyed preteen nearly 15 years ago, the city felt like a wonderland of possibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Baldy — it’s formally Mount San Antonio, but everyone calls it Baldy — looks like a winter wonderland to millions of people living below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 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
“Oh, Roz, you’ve been busy!” said Tawny as her family grazed on the wonderland of growing things.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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
Retailers, including upscale boutiques and discount shops, have turned their stores into winter wonderlands weeks, even months, earlier than last year.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2021
But these are no saccharine wonderlands, no idealized versions of seascape, landscape or homescape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2018
When you have reached the borders of your quest, Homesick at last, by many a devious way, Winding the wonderlands circuitous, By foot and horse will trace the long way back!
From American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany by Various
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