Cockaigne
noun
Cock·aigne kä-ˈkān 
: an imaginary land of great luxury and ease
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The term "Cockaigne" comes from the Middle French phrase pais de cocaigne, which literally means "the land of plenty." The word was first popularized in a 13th-century French poem that is known in English as "The Land of Cockaigne." According to an early English translation of the work, in Cockaigne "the houses were made of barley sugar cakes, the streets were paved with pastry, and the shops supplied goods for nothing." Some have theorized that cocaigne derives from an earlier word related to "cake" or "cook," but its early history remains obscure.
Synonyms
- Camelot
- Eden
- Elysium
- empyrean
- fantasyland
- heaven
- lotusland
- never-never land
- New Jerusalem
- nirvana
- paradise
- promised land
- Shangri-la
- utopia
- Zion
- Sion
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Example Sentences
many gourmets still regard Paris as a culinary Cockaigne
Word History
Etymology
Middle English cokaygne, from Middle French (pais de) cocaigne land of plenty
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Cockaignes
noun
as in utopias
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness many gourmets still regard Paris as a culinary Cockaigne Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- utopias
- heavens
- fantasylands
- paradises
- nirvanas
- promised lands
- Garden of Edens
- empyreans
- Camelots
- arcadias
- wonderlands
- lotuslands
- Elysiums
- New Jerusalems
- joys
- Sions
- never-never lands
- Shangri-las
- blisses
- Edens
- Zions
- Elysia
- euphorias
- fairylands
- dreamworlds
- dreamlands
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dystopias
- hells
- anti-utopias
- fool's paradises