CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND


Meaning of CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND in English

/klowd"kooh'kooh land', -kook'ooh-/ , n.

an idealized, illusory domain of imagination; cloudland: the cloud-cuckoo-land of technicolor cartoon whimsy.

[ 1815-25; trans. of Gk Nephelokokkygía, the realm which separates the gods from mankind in Aristophanes' The Birds ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .