land of Nod



land of Nod

a state of sleep. (Humorous. From the fact that people sometimes nod when they are falling asleep.) The baby is in the land of Nod. Look at the clock! It's time we were all in the land of Nod.
See also: land, nod, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mahmud-Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Nestani-Georgian
Raginhard-Ancient Germanic
Mirko-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Italian
Hugleikr-Ancient Scandinavian
Aravind-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil