"fantasy land" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fantasy lands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fantasy land (countable and uncountable, plural fantasy lands)
  1. An ideal place that does not exist in reality. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fictional locations Synonyms: fantasyland Hypernyms: land Related terms: dreamland, dreamworld, neverland Translations (ideal place): mielikuvitusmaa (Finnish), Pooselaunt [neuter] (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-fantasy_land-en-noun-~zNC5FMO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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