fairyland

fairyland noun: the land or abode of fairies.

Noun

fairyland (countable and uncountable, plural fairylands)

The land or abode of fairies.
- These fairy-lands are only seen by very pious people or by those who are gifted with second sight, when in danger of their lives at sea, and they appear where at other times no land is to be found.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 46
- Disconsolately they shot the water-chute, swung on the swings, ate fairy floss from the booth like nostalgic exiles from fairyland.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 74
Any place of great natural beauty, or having a magical atmosphere.
- 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. For a fairyland it was - the most wonderful that the imagination of man could conceive. The thick vegetation met...1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- After months of darkness, mud and shuttered shops, what a delight to see gay streets filled with stores, all gorgeous in a Christmas fairyland of decoration.2005, A War Nurse's Diary: Sketches from a Belgian Field Hospital, page 63
Synonym of dreamland (“ideal but unrealistic fantasy world”).

Synonyms:

dreamland

fairyland (not comparable)

Having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.
- The children built a fairyland cottage out of gingerbread, decorated with gumdrops and peppermint sticks.

From fairy + land.

What does fairyland mean?: Fairyland means the land or abode of fairies.
What is fairyland in Hindi?: Fairyland in Hindi is परियों का देश (pariyõ kā deś). See Fairyland meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fairyland?: Fairyland can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of fairyland?: The plural of fairyland is fairylands.

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