cloud-cuckoo-land

[ kloud-koo-koo-land, -koo k-oo- ]
/ ˈklaʊdˌku kuˌlænd, -ˌkʊk u- /

noun

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

Origin of cloud-cuckoo-land

1815–25; translation of Greek Nephelokokkȳgía, the realm which separates the gods from mankind in Aristophanes' The Birds

British Dictionary definitions for cloud cuckoo land

cloud-cuckoo-land

cloudland

/ (ˈklaʊdˌlænd) /

noun

a realm of fantasy, dreams, or impractical notions