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
CiroCHEE-ro (Italian), THEE-ro (Spanish), SEE-ro (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish
Cai (2)-Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
DÉSirÉEde-zee-REFrench
Helmo-Ancient Germanic
Prunellaproo-NEL-əEnglish (Rare)
Graham['greiəm]