fairyland

Everyday

1. The magical, imaginary land where fairies live in stories. tree →
2. A place so beautiful, sparkling or magical that it seems unreal. tree →

In the lessons

A story and everyday word: «like fairyland» describes a garden full of lights, a snowy forest or a decorated town at Christmas. Alice in Wonderland is not called fairyland, but it is a magical dream-land of the same kind, and Alice even says she is «in the middle of a fairy-tale» now.

Examples

• In the old story, the girl was carried off to fairyland. tree →
• The garden with all its lanterns looked like fairyland. tree →
• The snowy forest was a fairyland of white. tree →
• Alice felt she was living in a kind of fairyland. tree →
• The town square becomes a fairyland at Christmas. tree →
• My little brother thinks the bottom of the garden is fairyland. tree →
• He felt as if they were now about to enter fairyland, though everything was still real. tree →

Note

Written as one word. Usually without «a» when it means the magic land («in fairyland»), but «a fairyland of lights» is fine. Related: fairy, fairy tale, fairy-tale (adjective). Fairies are imaginary; there is no real fairyland.