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
Zella-German
Martiriomahr-TEE-ryoSpanish
Dwyn-Celtic Mythology
MerjaMER-yahFinnish
Rostislavrahs-tee-SLAHF (Russian)Russian, Czech, Medieval Slavic
RosÁLiaroo-ZA-lyəPortuguese