Cloud Cuckoo Land



Cloud Cuckoo Land

A nonexistent place of perfection, a utopia. This phrase comes from The Birds by the Greek dramatist Aristophanes, in which the birds decide to build a perfect city called Cloud Cuckoo City. Over the years “City” became “Land.”
See also: cloud, cuckoo, land

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ŚWiĘTopeŁKshvyen-TAW-pewkPolish (Archaic)
Albina[æl'bainə]
LarkLAHRKEnglish (Rare)
Burke[bə:k]
Aggis['ægis]
MarikeMAH-ree-kəDutch