Meanings
plural Legolands
- slangA place characterised by square edges and extreme regularity.
...three hundred yards back from that, behind a legoland of hotels and apartment blocks...
1997, Mark McCrum, No worries: a journey through Australia3 more examples
Its pristine stone houses, most of which date from around 1685, are undeniably photogenic, with their steep metal roofs, numerous chimneys and pastel-coloured shutters, but it's a Legoland townscape, devoid of the scars of history.
2004, Tim Jepson, The rough guide to CanadaGradually these Legolands appear bigger and bigger, closer and closer, as the aircraft descends.
2004, Neil Leach, Laurent Gutierrez, Valérie Portefaix, ChinaUnlike most cities and towns in the East, one Bavarian preservationist claimed, modernized West German cities had mutated into "schematized Legolands"...
2004, Yorke M Rowan, Uzi Baram, Marketing heritage: archaeology and the consumption of the past
Origin
Name of a chain of theme parks (Legoland) based on the Lego building bricks; + -land.
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Legoland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Legoland
“Legoland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Legoland. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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