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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

terra delle fate

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ter-ra del-le fa-te

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fairyland/ˈfɛər.i.lænd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Nei suoi sogni, visitava spesso una terra delle fate."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A mythical or imaginary place where fairies are believed to live.

    "In her dreams, she often visited a beautiful fairyland filled with sparkling rivers and lush gardens."
  2. 2

    A place or situation characterized by beauty, enchantment, or delight.

    "The festival transformed the town into a fairyland, with lights and decorations everywhere."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'faerie' (referating to the realm of the faes, from Old French 'faerie') combined with 'land' (from Old English 'land'). The term evolved from describing the mythical domain of legendary folklore creatures into a broader metaphorical expression for an idealized, enchanting, or unrealistically perfect place.

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