"Cockaigne" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /kɒˈkeɪn/, /kəˈkeɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cockaigne.wav
Etymology: From Old French cocagne, of obscure origin, but the many references to sweet delicacies in the 13th century poem that is the first record of the word suggest it may have come from a Germanic word for a cake, probably the ancestor of the modern German Kuchen. See also Proto-Germanic *kōkô. May also relate to or be influenced by Old Irish cucainn (“food ration, sweet pie”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|cocagne}} Old French cocagne, {{m+|de|Kuchen}} German Kuchen, {{der|en|gem-pro|*kōkô}} Proto-Germanic *kōkô, {{der|en|sga|cucainn}} Old Irish cucainn Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cockaigne
  1. (mediaeval folklore) A land of plenty, luxury and idleness. Wikipedia link: Michael Quinion Categories (topical): European folklore, Fictional locations Synonyms: land of plenty, lubberland, Cocagne, Cocaigne, Cockayne Related terms: land of milk and honey, hedonism, lotus land Translations (mythical land): país de Cucanya [masculine] (Catalan), Xauxa [feminine] (Catalan), slaraffenland (Danish), Luilekkerland [neuter] (Dutch), Laiskurila (Finnish), cocagne [feminine] (French), pays de cocagne [masculine] (French), Schlaraffenland [neuter] (German), cuccagna [feminine] (Italian), paese della cuccagna [masculine] (Italian), कॉकेन (kŏken) (Marathi), slaraffenland (Norwegian Bokmål), Kukania [feminine] (Polish), Kraj Kròla Goždzika [feminine] (Polish), Cucanha [feminine] (Portuguese), Кока́нь (Kokánʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Шлараффенла́нд (Šlaraffenlánd) [masculine] (Russian), зѐмља Дембелија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zèmlja Dembelija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), país de Cucaña [masculine] (Spanish), schlaraffenland [neuter] (Swedish)

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