"neverland" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: neverlands [plural]
Etymology: From Never + land. The term was most famously used in J.M. Barrie's Book, Peter Pan, as the name of the fictional island that the Darling children visit with the title character. Compare Utopia, which is semantically Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|never|land|alt1=Never}} Never + land, {{m|en|Utopia}} Utopia, {{affix|grc|οὐ|τόπος|gloss1=not, no|gloss2=place, region|nocat=1}} οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} neverland (plural neverlands)
  1. An ideal or imaginary place; a dreamworld. Wikipedia link: J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan Categories (topical): Fictional locations, Sleep Related terms: dreamworld, dreamland, fantasy land, La-La Land, never-never land Translations (an ideal or imaginary place): 烏有鄉 (Chinese), 乌有乡 (Chinese), Ønskeøen (english: Peter Pan) [common-gender] (Danish), neniamlando (Esperanto), pays imaginaire [masculine] (French), Nimmerland [neuter] (German), χώρα του ποτέ (chóra tou poté) [feminine] (Greek), sohaország (Hungarian), isola che non c'è (Italian), insula imaginaria [feminine] (Latin), terra imaginaria (Latin), недојдија (nedojdija) [feminine] (Macedonian), terra do nunca [feminine] (Portuguese), нетла́ндия (netlándija) [feminine] (Russian), небыля́ндия (nebyljándija) (Russian)

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