mythical place
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- noun
- /ˈmɪθɪkəl pleɪs/
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lugar mítico
- Many travelers dream of finding a mythical place where wishes come true.
Examples
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The ancient texts describe a mythical place that holds the secrets of immortality.
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Where is this mythical place?
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It was the first time I had gone to such a legendary and mythical place as the Kremlin.
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In the story, the protagonist discovers a mythical place filled with creatures of legend.
Synonyms
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An imagined place in your mind with magic and strange creatures
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A beautiful imaginary place in stories where small magical creatures live
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An imaginary place where everything is perfect and magical
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A made-up perfect place that exists only in dreams
A place that exists only in your mind, often in stories
A place that exists only in the mind or in stories
How Mythical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a place that exists only in imagination or legend' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'mythical' (existing in traditional or imaginary stories) with 'place' (a location). This adjective+noun composition follows a regular compositional pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Mythical place comes from old stories about faraway lands full of gods, monsters, or treasure. Because the words mythical and place point to a made-up land, the phrase now means 'a place that exists only in imagination or legend'.