"wonderland" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwʌndəˌlænd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwʌndɚˌlænd/ [US] Forms: wonderlands [plural]
Etymology: From wonder + land. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wonder|land}} wonder + land Head templates: {{en-noun}} wonderland (plural wonderlands)
  1. An imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels. Categories (topical): Fictional locations, Lewis Carroll Derived forms: Alice in Wonderland, winter wonderland Coordinate_terms: Oz, Lovecraft Country Translations (Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels): بلاد العجائب (Arabic), страна на чудесата (strana na čudesata) (Bulgarian), país de les meravelles [masculine] (Catalan), 仙境 (xiānjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), mirlando (Esperanto), imedemaa (Estonian), ihmemaa (Finnish), pays des merveilles [masculine] (French), Wunderland (German), χώρα των θαυμάτων (chóra ton thavmáton) [feminine] (Greek), csodaország (Hungarian), paese delle meraviglie [masculine] (Italian), 不思議な国 (fushigi na kuni) (alt: ふしぎなくに) (Japanese), おとぎの国 (otogi no kuni) (alt: おとぎのくに) (Japanese), 仙境 (senkyō) (alt: せんきょう) (Japanese), 이상한 나라 (isanghan nara) (Korean), 선경 (seon'gyeong) (alt: 仙境) (Korean), terra mirabilis (Latin), eventyrland [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), país das maravilhas [masculine] (Portuguese), tara minunilor (Romanian), страна́ чуде́с (straná čudés) [feminine] (Russian), país de las maravillas (Spanish), nchi ya ajabu (Swahili), underland [neuter] (Swedish), xứ sở thần tiên (Vietnamese), tiên cảnh (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels",
      "word": "xứ sở thần tiên"
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