cloud-cuckoo-land

English

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Alternative forms

• cloud cuckoo land
• cloudcuckooland
• cloud cuckoo-land

Etymology

Translating Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugia), in Aristophanes.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /klaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd/

Noun

cloud-cuckoo-land (uncountable)

1. An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside.

Translations

imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people

• Czech: Mrakoptakohrad (cs) m (Aristophanes, transl. Jiří Žáček 1986), Kocourkov (cs) m (common language)
• Finnish: Pilvikukkula (fi) (Aristophanes, transl. Kaarlo Hirvonen 1972), Hölmölä (fi) (common language)
• French: Coucouville-les-Nuées (fr)
• German: Wolkenkuckucksheim (de) n, Schilda (de)
• Greek: Νεφελοκοκκυγία (el) (Nefelokokkiyía) f

  Ancient: Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokukkugia) f

• Latin: Abdēra (la) n pl and f
• Polish: Chmurny Kukułczyn (pl)
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