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fairyland

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fair·y·land  (fâr-lnd)
n.
1. The imaginary land of fairies.
2. A charming, enchanting place.

fairyland [ˈfɛərɪˌlænd]
n
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fairylandfairyland - something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
fantasy, phantasy - imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
paracosm - a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history
2.fairylandfairyland - the enchanted realm of fairies      
fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
Translations
fairyland [ˈfɛərɪlænd] Npaís m de las hadas (fig) → país m de ensueño
he's living in fairylandvive en la luna
fairyland [ˈfɛərilænd] n
(in fairy stories)royaume m des fées
(= beautiful place) → pays m enchanté
fairy lights npl (British)guirlande f électrique
fairy story fairy tale, fairytale, fairy-tale n
(lit)conte m de fées
(= untruth) → histoire f à dormir debout
fairy-tale fairytale [ˈfɛəriteɪl] modif [romance] → enchanteur/teresse
a fairy-tale ending → un happy end
fairyland [ˈfɛərɪˌlænd] npaese m delle fate
fairyland [ˈfɛərɪˌlænd] npaese m delle fate


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Through the kindness of Dorothy Gale of Kansas, afterward Princess Dorothy of Oz, an humble writer in the United States of America was once appointed Royal Historian of Oz, with the privilege of writing the chronicle of that wonderful fairyland.
These things all seem real to Dorothy, I know; but I'm afraid our little girl won't find her fairyland just what she had dreamed it to be.
No one who had not observed that for a short distance reeds had taken the place of shrubs, could possibly have guessed the existence of such a stream or dreamed of the fairyland beyond.
 
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