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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.”
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Zella | | - | German |
Martirio | | mahr-TEE-ryo | Spanish |
Dwyn | | - | Celtic Mythology |
Merja | | MER-yah | Finnish |
Rostislav | | rahs-tee-SLAHF (Russian) | Russian, Czech, Medieval Slavic |
RosÁLia | | roo-ZA-lyə | Portuguese |