"fairyland" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: fairy + land Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fairy|land}} fairy + land Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fairyland (not comparable)
  1. Having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Fictional locations
    Sense id: en-fairyland-en-adj-YvrLx8x~ Disambiguation of Fictional locations: 73 7 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 4 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 5 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fairy land, fairy-land

Noun

Forms: fairylands [plural]
Etymology: fairy + land Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fairy|land}} fairy + land Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fairyland (countable and uncountable, plural fairylands)
  1. The imaginary land or abode of fairies. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the imaginary land or abode of fairies): 仙境 (xiānjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 洞天 (dòngtiān) (Chinese Mandarin), eventyrland [neuter] (Danish), satumaa (Finnish), royaume des fées [masculine] (French), pays des fées [masculine] (French), Märchenland [neuter] (German), परियों का देश (pariyõ kā deś) [masculine] (Hindi), tündérország (Hungarian), meseország (Hungarian), feolando (Ido), 仙境 (senkyō) (alt: せんきょう) (Japanese), 妖精の国 (yōsei no kuni) (Japanese), сыйкырдуу өлкө (sıykırduu ölkö) (Kyrgyz), terra divalis (Latin), keinderaan (Malay), eventyrland [neuter] (Norwegian), eventyrland [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mundo das fadas [masculine] (Portuguese), ска́зочная страна́ (skázočnaja straná) [feminine] (Russian), волше́бная страна́ (volšébnaja straná) [feminine] (Russian), Elfame (Scots), Elphyne (Scots), fary (Scots), sagoland [neuter] (Swedish), masallar ülkesi (Turkish), periler ülkesi (Turkish), پرستان (paristān) [masculine] (Urdu), feyalän (Volapük), märalän (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-fairyland-en-noun-YpYG8G8p Disambiguation of 'the imaginary land or abode of fairies': 100 0
  2. Any place of great natural beauty, or having a magical atmosphere. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fairyland-en-noun-srcyfMUA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dreamworld, fairy land, fairy-land

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "پرستان"
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    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "the imaginary land or abode of fairies",
      "word": "feyalän"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "the imaginary land or abode of fairies",
      "word": "märalän"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fairyland"
  ],
  "word": "fairyland"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Fictional locations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fairy",
        "3": "land"
      },
      "expansion": "fairy + land",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "fairy + land",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "fairyland (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The children built a fairyland cottage out of gingerbread, decorated with gumdrops and peppermint sticks."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fairies",
          "fairy"
        ],
        [
          "fanciful",
          "fanciful"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ],
        [
          "surreal",
          "surreal"
        ],
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fairy land"
    },
    {
      "word": "fairy-land"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fairyland"
  ],
  "word": "fairyland"
}

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