Curtisland

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proper noun

A quasi-mythologised version of England as depicted in the films of Richard Curtis.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A quasi-mythologised version of England as depicted in the films of Richard Curtis.

    Both Avengerland and Curtisland are firmly rooted in an idealized, romanticized version of contemporary Britain.

    2015, Dominic Sandbrook, The Great British Dream Factory, Penguin, published 2016, page 74
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    Curtisland was among the least "cool" products of Cool Britannia, but it was always perfect for export; Britain was suddenly a sunny, witty, self-deprecating, charming kind of place, a Doris Day film by the Thames in which it was forever Christmas.

    2009 March 22, Tim Adams, The Observer

Origin

From Curtis + land.

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APA

Curtisland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Curtisland

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“Curtisland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Curtisland. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Curtisland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Curtisland.

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