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/klaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd/ · noun
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.
Use cloud-cuckoo-land when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cloud-cuckoo-land means An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside..
Common synonyms include never-never land.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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