Meanings
plural wonderlands
- A place full of wonder or marvels.
Where other trav'lers, fraught with terror, roam, Lo! Bruce in Wonder-land is quite at home.
1790 J. Wolcot Compl. Epist. to Bruce 332, in Wks. (1812) II. 3681 more example
It's a geological wonderland, with great exposures of colorful and varied sedimentary rocks.
2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of headspace.
Origin
Translations
Arabic بلاد العجائب
- بلاد العجائبImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Bulgarian страна на чудесата
- страна на чудесата (strana na čudesata)Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Catalan país de les meravelles
- país de les meravellesImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Chinese Mandarin 仙境
- 仙境 (xiānjìng)Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Esperanto mirlando
- mirlandoImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Estonian imedemaa
- imedemaaImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Finnish ihmemaa
- ihmemaaImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
French pays des merveilles
- pays des merveillesImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
German Wunderland
- WunderlandImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Greek χώρα των θαυμάτων
- χώρα των θαυμάτων (chóra ton thavmáton)Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Hungarian csodaország
- csodaországImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Italian paese delle meraviglie
- paese delle meraviglieImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Japanese 不思議な国, おとぎの国
- 不思議な国 (fushigi na kuni)Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
- おとぎの国 (otogi no kuni)Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
- 仙境 (senkyō)Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Korean 이상한 나라, 선경
- 이상한 나라 (isanghan nara)Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
- 선경 (seon'gyeong)Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Latin terra mirabilis
- terra mirabilisImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Norwegian Bokmål eventyrland
- eventyrlandImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Polish kraina czarów
- kraina czarówImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Portuguese país das maravilhas
- país das maravilhasImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Romanian tara minunilor
- tara minunilorImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Russian страна́ чуде́с
- страна́ чуде́с (straná čudés)Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Spanish país de las maravillas
- país de las maravillasImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Swahili nchi ya ajabu
- nchi ya ajabuImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Swedish underland
- underlandImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Vietnamese xứ sở thần tiên, tiên cảnh
- xứ sở thần tiênImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
- tiên cảnhImaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels
Cite this entry
wonderland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wonderland
“wonderland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wonderland. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wonderland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wonderland.
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