Cockaigne

Cock·aigne  (k-kn)

n.

An imaginary land of easy and luxurious living.

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[Middle English cokaigne, from Old French, from (pais de) cokaigne, (land of) plenty, from Middle Low German kkenje, diminutive of kke, cake.]

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Cockaigne, Cockayne [kɒˈkeɪn]

n

(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) Medieval legend an imaginary land of luxury and idleness

[from Old French cocaigne, from Middle Low German kōkenje small cake (of which the houses in the imaginary land are built); related to Spanish cucaña, Italian cuccagna]

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Cockaigne - (Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance