lotus land
- noun
- /ˈloʊtəs lænd/
- Literature
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tierra de loto
- After years in the hectic city, he longed for a lotus land where worries seemed far away.
Examples
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Vacationers often seek a lotus land to escape the demands of everyday life.
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Her new lifestyle felt like a lotus land of endless pampering and peace.
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I dream of lotus land.
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Welcome to lotus land!
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After years in the hectic city, he longed for a lotus land where worries seemed far away.
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Vacationers often seek a lotus land to escape the demands of everyday life.
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Her new lifestyle felt like a lotus land of endless pampering and peace.
Synonyms
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5.1
A pleasant imaginary place you visit in sleep or imagination
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9.8
An imaginary perfect, peaceful place where people feel very happy and safe
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9.9
A place where people enjoy life and ignore practical problems
A calm, happy time or place without worry
Antonyms
How Idyllic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'lotus' (a flower associated with beauty/calm in many cultures) and 'land' (a place or domain) give a partial clue that this refers to a pleasant or flower-filled place, so some basic sense of an idyllic location could be guessed. However, the fuller idiomatic sense — an imagined, escapist realm implying detachment or self-indulgence — relies on cultural/literary associations (e.g., the lotus-eaters) and is not fully predictable from the words alone, making it only partially transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase lotus land comes from a famous old story about people who ate the lotus plant and stayed in a calm land where they forgot their homes and duties. That's why lotus land is used today for a dreamy place of pleasure or 'escape from reality'.