A place likened or compared to heaven; a place of supreme bliss; frequently in heaven (up)on earth. Cf. heaven of heavens n. at phrases 1, seventh h…

A vow, promise. Very common in the phrase land of behest: land of promise. Obsolete.

(The name of) an imaginary land in medieval mythology and folklore where there is plenty of good food and drink as well as an abundance of other…

(= Latin Fortunatæ Insulæ), fabulous isles of the Western Ocean, the abode of the blessed dead. Also figurative.

A perfect (imagined or hypothetical) society or state of existence; a place of supreme happiness. Also: a literary work describing such a place; a…

An imagined or hypothetical place, system, or state of existence in which everything is perfect, esp. in respect of social structure, laws, and…

horny gate (also port): the gate of horn (see gate, n.1 5). Obsolete.

figurative. An unrivalled or ideal place, a utopia. Obsolete.

A place which one longs to reach; an ultimate or idealized destination or aim; an (esp. newly identified) object of personal ambition or desire…

A place of great abundance or opportunity, esp. one that is widely but vainly sought for. Cf. Shangri-La, n.

A different, strange, or unfamiliar world; esp. an imaginary or fantastic world.

A mythical land or imaginary place where everything is ideal; = Cockaigne, n. 1. Obsolete.

In translations of Aristophanes' word (see above).

Fiddler's Green (Nautical): ‘a sailor's elysium, in which wine, women, and song figure prominently’ (Farmer).

An imagined place or state of existence, esp. one that is unrealistically ideal; (also) a state of fantasy. Cf. never-never land, n. 2, cloudland, n.…

†(a) Australian = never-never, n. 1 (obsolete); (b) = never-never land, n. 2.

An imaginary, illusory, or Utopian place.

(in allusive use, esp. among hobos) a place or situation regarded as the pinnacle of ease and luxurious comfort; a utopia, a Cockaigne.

loosely, as a general epithet of admiration or praise: Worthy, excellent, good, ‘capital’, ‘fine’… the title of a satirical novel (1932) by Aldous…

A place suggestive of the Xanadu portrayed in Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan, with its dream-like magnificence and luxury.

(a proprietary name for) a large amusement park near Los Angeles, devised by Walt Disney, in transferred use applied to any fantastic or fanciful…

With capital initial. In the fiction of E. Callenbach: an imaginary country, situated on the north-west Pacific coast of the United States, in which…