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
CainanKAY-nən (English), kay-IE-nən (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin
Brooks[bru:ks]
Germano-Italian, Portuguese
Alba['ælbə]
PolycarpPAHL-ee-kahrp (English)Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Georginezhor-ZHEENFrench