wonderlandn.
/ˈwʌndəland/, U.S. /ˈwəndərˌlænd/ (a) An imaginary realm of wonder and faery. (b) A country, realm, or domain which is full of wonders or marvels.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [noun] > imaginary place
fairyc1330
rumbelow?1515
Hogs Norton?1565
fairyland1600
wonderland1790
other world1804
dreamland1832
Fourth World1833
cloudland1846
Loamshire1859
looking-glass land1871
looking-glass world1871
under-land1874
cloud-world1884
Speewah1890
Ruritania1894
cloud-cuckoo-land1899
cuckoo-land1916
fantasy world1920
Squaresville1956
la-la land1979
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder > country full of
wonderland1790
1790 ‘P. Pindar’ Complimentary Epist. J. Bruce 25 Where other trav'llers, fraught with terror, roam, Lo! Bruce in Wonder-Land is quite at home.
1865 ‘L. Carroll’ (title) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
1894 Outing Apr. 66/1 Every mile of my journey opened to me anew..the surprises of this wonder-land.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 24 May 9/1 That wonderland of the world, Egypt.
1903 A. M. Clerke Probl. Astrophysics 6 The wonderland of molecular physics.
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