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Meaning of "cloud-cuckoo-land" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND

cloud-cuckoo-land  [ˈklaʊdˌlænd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND

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Cloud-Cuckoo-Land is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cloud cuckoo land

Cloud Cuckoo Land refers to an unrealistically idealistic state where everything is perfect. It hints that the person referred to is naïve, unaware of reality or deranged in holding such an optimistic belief. The reference comes from The Birds, a play by Aristophanes in which Tereus helps Pisthetairos and Euelpides erect a perfect city in the clouds, to be named Cloud Cuckoo Land. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer used the word in his publication On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason in 1813, as well as later in his main work The World as Will and Representation and in other places. Here, he gave it its figurative sense by reproaching other philosophers for only talking about Cloud-cuckoo-land. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche refers to the term in his essay "On Truth and Lying in a Nonmoral Sense."...

Definition of cloud-cuckoo-land in the English dictionary

The definition of cloud-cuckoo-land in the dictionary is a realm of fantasy, dreams, or impractical notions.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND


adland
ˈædˌlænd
cloudland
ˈklaʊdˌlænd
Disneyland
ˈdɪznɪˌlænd
farmland
ˈfɑːmˌlænd
Gelderland
ˈɡɛldəˌlænd
heartland
ˈhɑːtˌlænd
homeland
ˈhəʊmˌlænd
husbandland
ˈhʌzbəndˌlænd
Lakeland
ˈleɪkˌlænd
Maryland
ˈmɛərɪˌlænd
overland
ˈəʊvəˌlænd
Queensland
ˈkwiːnzˌlænd
southland
ˈsaʊθˌlænd
Swaziland
ˈswɑːzɪˌlænd
Thailand
ˈtaɪˌlænd
tideland
ˈtaɪdˌlænd
timberland
ˈtɪmbəˌlænd
wasteland
ˈweɪstˌlænd
wonderland
ˈwʌndəˌlænd
yardland
ˈjɑːdˌlænd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND

cloud
cloud chamber
cloud computing
cloud cover
cloud rack
cloudage
cloudberries
cloudberry
cloudburst
clouded leopard
clouded magpie
clouded yellow
cloudier
cloudiest
cloudily
cloudiness
cloudland
cloudless
cloudlessly
cloudlessness

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND

Cleveland
crash-land
Deutschland
England
Falkland
Finland
Greenland
holland
Iceland
Ireland
island
land
mainland
Nederland
New Zealand
no-man´s-land
Poland
Switzerland
Wayland
Zealand

Synonyms and antonyms of cloud-cuckoo-land in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cloud-cuckoo-land» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND

Find out the translation of cloud-cuckoo-land to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cloud-cuckoo-land from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cloud-cuckoo-land» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

云杜鹃土地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cloud - cuckoo -land
570 millions of speakers

English

cloud-cuckoo-land
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बादल - कोयल भूमि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سحابة الوقواق الأراضي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Облако - кукушка - земля
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cloud- cuckoo- terra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেঘ-কোকিল জমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nuage - coucou - terre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Awan-kuih-tanah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wolkenkuckucksland
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クラウドカッコウランド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

클라우드 뻐꾸기 랜드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Awan cuckoo-tanah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điện toán đám mây chim cu đất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேகம் குயில்-நிலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेघ-कोयल-जमीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bulut guguk-arazi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cloud- cuckoo -land
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cuckoo - chmura - ziemia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Хмара - зозуля - земля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nor - cuc - teren
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cloud - κούκος - γης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wolk - seemeeu land
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cloud - gök - mark
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cloud - cuckoo - land
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cloud-cuckoo-land

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND»

The term «cloud-cuckoo-land» is regularly used and occupies the 81.937 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cloud-cuckoo-land

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND»

Discover the use of cloud-cuckoo-land in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cloud-cuckoo-land and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Young female street musician's search for a home, both real and spiritual.
Lisa Borders, 2002
2
Cloud Cuckoo Land
In this, her second novel, she investigates the two city states through Alxenor, a young man from the tiny island of Poieessa, which changes hands as the balance of power changes.
Naomi Mitchison, 2011
3
Cloud Cuckoo Land
The reader takes a rhyming trip to places not on many maps including Hairland, the Hanging Hills, Ice Cone Island, and Yewtopia.
Bernard Lodge, 1999
4
God of the Hinge: Sojourns in Cloud Cuckoo Land
Join Rusty and Sandy as they are pursued by the god of the hinge and are born again in Cloud Cuckoo Land.
Elizabeth Pool, Eleanor West, 2006
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Cloud Cuckoo-Land (Storycuts)
Disturbed and shaken, Roy's darkening thoughts turn to the root of his obsessive philanthropy. Part of the Storycuts series, this story was previously published in the collection The Atmospheric Railway.
Shena Mackay, 2011
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land refers to an unrealistically idealistic state where everything is perfect. ("You're living in Cloud Cuckoo Land.") It hints that the person referred to is naive, unaware of reality or deranged in holding such an optimistic ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Cloud-Cuckoo-Land
Is Mr. Wyi Worri really a basket-case or in fools-paradise? No, after all. Cloud-Cuckoo-Land is one distinctive book that appreciates the power of the human mind.
Emmanuel Nwachukwu, 2013
8
Aristophanes: An Author for the Stage
After the parabasis, Peisetairos' first acts are to give the city a name—this name is Cloud-cuckoo- land (809–20) —and then to sacrifice to the new winged gods ( 810–11, cf. 848–1118). This implies that the city is already founded (cf. 922–3).
Carlo Ferdinando Russo, 1997
9
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cloud Cuckoo Land refers to an unrealistically idealistic state where everything is perfect.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
10
Statutory Valuations
Rating and Council Tax 6.1 It'S all ClOUd-CUCKOO land Don't let anyone tell you that valuation is a science; it is more of an art, and, according to Godfrey IA in China Light and Power Company Ltd v Commissioner of Rating and Valuation ...
Andrew Baum, Gary Sams, Jennifer Ellis, 2014

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cloud-cuckoo-land is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sinn Fein alone is to blame for welfare logjam
Its cloud-cuckoo-land strategy - that the devolved administrations should beat a path to 10 Downing Street, begging bowl in hand, demanding ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
2
Dying like an American: spaceflight, coral reefs, and other wild ways …
"Gradually, almost imperceptibly, over the years the funeral men have constructed their own grotesque cloud-cuckoo-land where the trappings ... «The Verge, Jun 15»
3
Labour's 'cloud-cuckoo' jibes were wide of the mark in Derby …
APPROXIMATELY a year ago, Labour councillor Paul Bayliss proclaimed that UKIP was in cloud-cuckoo-land if it believed that any of its ... «Derby Telegraph, Feb 15»
4
'AS-level plea: Cambridge is in cloud cuckoo land'
Well – what's not to like is that it is patent, solid-gold, cloud-cuckoo-land wishful thinking to believe for a moment that any school will treat public ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»

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