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NEVER-NEVER LAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does never-never land mean?
• NEVER-NEVER LAND (noun)
The noun NEVER-NEVER LAND has 1 sense:
1. a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination
Familiarity information: NEVER-NEVER LAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
dreamland; dreamworld; never-never land
Hypernyms ("never-never land" is a kind of...):
fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)
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