Cockaigne
Кокань, Шлараффенланд
Schlaraffenland
A land of plenty, luxury, and idlenessA land of plenty, luxury, and idleness.
/kɒˈkeɪn/
» They lived in the land of Cockaigne.
Sie lebten im Schlaraffenland.
Meaning
1 sensesA land of plenty, luxury, and idleness.
Near-synonyms: lotus land, land of milk and honey
Schlaraffenland
Кока́ньKokánʹ, Шлараффенла́ндŠlaraffenlánd
Examples
1 sentencesThey lived in the land of Cockaigne.
deSie lebten im Schlaraffenland. — Manfredo
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
mythical land:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
mythical land:
Origin
From Old French cocagne, of obscure origin, but the many references to sweet delicacies inFrom Old French cocagne, of obscure origin, but the many references to sweet delicacies in the 13th century poem that is the first record of the word suggest it may have come from a Germanic word for a cake, probably the ancestor of the modern German Kuchen.
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