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Toyland

Toyland

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A fictional place where toys come alive and have adventures
  • proper noun
  • Baby Talk
translation icon : Toyland
  • Toyland station!
  • Babes in Toyland

Examples

  • Morning ladies, welcome to Toyland.

    Bob Roberts (1992)

  • What's toyland really like?

    Babes in Toyland (1997)

  • Do you live in toyland?

    Babes in Toyland (1997)

  • I'm finally going to see toyland.

    Babes in Toyland (1997)

  • Welcome to toyland.

    Babes in Toyland (1997)

  • In the musical, the characters embark on a magical journey through Toyland, where toys come to life.

  • Children love to hear stories about adventures in Toyland, where their favorite toys can talk and play.

  • In the classic tale set in Toyland, the toys band together to save their world from a looming threat.

Surface Forms

Toyland main

Morphology

Toyland = toy + land (transparent) = toy + land

The compound clearly denotes a place ('land') associated with toys, so the meaning is directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

Toyland comes from the parts toy ('an object for play') and land ('place'). It often names an imaginary country in stories where toys are alive and have adventures, so the word literally tells you it is a 'place of toys'.