"Utopia" meaning in All languages combined

See Utopia on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Utopia.wav Forms: Utopias [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Utopia (countable and uncountable, plural Utopias)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of utopia. Tags: alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: utopia Derived forms: Utopian
    Sense id: en-Utopia-en-noun-VzWsPwUT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: [uːˈtɔ.pi.a] [Classical-Latin], [uˈtɔː.pi.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Coined by Thomas More in 1516 in his book Utopia, from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía). Etymology templates: {{coin|la|Thomas More|in=1516|nobycat=1}} Coined by Thomas More in 1516, {{af|la|grc:οὐ|grc:τόπος|grc:-ία|t1=not|t2=place, region}} Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Ūtopia<1.loc>}} Ūtopia f sg (genitive Ūtopiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Ūtopia<1.loc>}} Forms: Ūtopia [canonical, feminine, singular], Ūtopiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ūtopia [nominative, singular], Ūtopiae [genitive, singular], Ūtopiae [dative, singular], Ūtopiam [accusative, singular], Ūtopiā [ablative, singular], Ūtopia [singular, vocative], Ūtopiae [locative, singular]
  1. a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system Tags: declension-1

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