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Neverland

Neverland

10 7.0
An imaginary island where children never grow up, in the story Peter Pan
  • proper noun
  • /ˈnɛvərˌlænd/
  • Literature
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  • In the story, Peter Pan takes children to Neverland, a magical place where they never grow up.
  • Finding Neverland
  • Neverland Ranch
  • Neverland with Peter Pan

Examples

Synonyms

dreamland
vsNeverland
13 5.1

A pleasant imaginary place you visit in sleep or imagination

is imagined as a place where children do not grow older
fantasyland
vsNeverland
3 6.1

An imaginary place where everything is perfect and magical

is a story place where children remain forever young
never-never land
vsNeverland
  • Literature
2 8.8

A made-up perfect place that exists only in dreams

is a story place where children remain forever young
Toyland
vsNeverland
  • Baby Talk
1 7.0

A fictional place where toys come alive and have adventures

is about children staying forever young rather than living toys' adventures

Surface Forms

Neverland main

Morphology

Neverland = never + land (transparent) = never + land

As coined by Barrie, the name literally signals a 'land' characterized by 'never' (e.g., never growing up), so the meaning is directly inferable from the parts in the story context.

Etymology

Neverland was named by the writer J.M. Barrie for the island in Peter Pan. It joins never ('not ever') and land ('place'), so it is a place where children 'never' grow up.