Etymology

Disneyland

Dis·ney·land
D2I1S1N1E1Y4L1A1N1D2

Today it means: A place resembling the Disneyland theme park, often typified by a corporately-designed cheerfulness. Full definition →

English land ← Middle English lond ← Old English land
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The story

  1. EnglishDisney
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*landą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*land
  5. Old Englishland
  6. Middle Englishlond
  7. Englishland
  8. English todayDisneyland

From Disney + -land.

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