"wonderworld" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wonderworlds [plural]
Etymology: wonder + world; compare the coincidentally equivalently formed Old English wundorworuld (“wonderful world”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wonder|world}} wonder + world, {{cog|ang|wundorworuld||wonderful world}} Old English wundorworuld (“wonderful world”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wonderworld (plural wonderworlds)
  1. A place full of delights or marvels. Synonyms: wonderland

Inflected forms

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