"Fantasyland" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Fantasylands [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps capitalized under the influence of Walt Disney's Fantasyland theme parks, which are noted for containing imagery relating to fairy tales. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Fantasyland (countable and uncountable, plural Fantasylands)
  1. Alternative form of fantasyland Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: fantasyland Categories (topical): Disney, Fantasy
    Sense id: en-Fantasyland-en-noun-5BdAYRli Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2009, John C. Maxwell, Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions That Will Help You See It and Seize It, page 50",
          "text": "If your dream depends a lot on luck, then you're in trouble. If it depends entirely on luck, you're living in Fantasyland. ... People who build their dream on reality take a very different approach to dreams than do people who live in Fantasyland.",
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          "ref": "2007, Colleen Sell, A Cup of Comfort for Writers, page 28",
          "text": "Yes, I escaped into Fantasyland. However, I could just as easily have become a serial killer, a prostitute, a child beater, or a politician.",
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          "ref": "1999, John Clute, John Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, page 341",
          "text": "A typical Fantasyland will display - often initially by means of a prefatory MAP - a selection, sometimes very full, from a more or less fixed list of landscape ingredients...\"",
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          "text": "Maybe this Fantasyland, as the egg woman called it, would counteract all the weirdness that had been accumulating since. ... Once this Fantasyland had kicked in, he would be on autopilot: all the necessary motivation would be provided for him.",
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          "ref": "1986, Elma Schemenauer, Hello Edmonton, page 15",
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