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cloud cuckoo-land

cloud cuckoo-land is the alternative spelling of cloud-cuckoo-land.

Meaning of cloud-cuckoo-land

Noun

cloud-cuckoo-land (uncountable)

  1. An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside.
    • That glabrous dome that lifts itself so grand, / There in the marish, is the omphalos, / The navel, umbo, middle, central boss / Of the unique, sole, true Cloud-Cuckoo Land.1916, Aldous Huxley, “The Walk”, in The Burning Wheel

Questions about cloud cuckoo-land

What is cloud cuckoo-land the alternative spelling of?
Cloud cuckoo-land is the alternative spelling of cloud-cuckoo-land.

Words near cloud cuckoo-land in the dictionary

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  3. Cloud County
  4. cloud cover
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  6. cloud cuckoo-land
  7. cloud deck
  8. cloud decks
  9. cloud deer
  10. cloud ear
  11. cloud ears

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