Meanings
radioland1
nounradioland (uncountable)
alternative Radioland
- uncountablebroadcastingThe radio broadcasting industry.
The circus people might be a bit odd, but any discomfort along those lines tends to pale against being known in radioland as New York's version of Dogpatch.
1998 September 19, Glenn Collins, “A Little Town and the Big Top; After Months of Traveling, Circus Settles in New Home”, in The New York Times - uncountablebroadcastingThe notional place where an audience is listening to a radio program.
Hello, all my friends out there in Radioland—this is your friend Melba Melsing, here to sing melodious melodies from faraway lands just for you. . . .
1985, Gloria Vanderbilt, Once Upon a Time: A True Story, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 135
Radioland2
nounRadioland (uncountable)
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of radioland.
Origin
- Latinradius
- Englishradio-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
- Frenchtélé-
- Frenchtélégraphe
- Englishtelegraph
- Englishtelegraphy
- Englishradiotelegraphyclip.
- Englishradio
- Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*landą
- Proto-West Germanic*land
- Old Englishland
- Middle Englishlond
- Englishland
- Englishradioland
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Cite this entry
APA
radioland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radioland
MLA
“radioland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radioland. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “radioland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radioland.
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