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Definition of Lotusland
1. Noun. An idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence.
Definition of Lotusland
1. Proper noun. (informal) Nickname of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lotusland
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lotusland
Literary usage of Lotusland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... their sole object being to live in delicious dreamy idleness in lotusland.
See LOTUS. LOTZE, Rudolph Hermann, German philosopher and physiologist: b. ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1980 The bottom line here is that in lotusland the good guys and the bad guys
get all mixed up in the scum —Mason ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1900)
"My lotusland is the Canary Islands." He lingers upon the name as a lover upon
his sweetheart's. "'The Fortunate Isles,' ' The Isles of the Blest,' ' The ..."
4. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1851)
"When the animus of running across the sea is a zeal for sketching, and not a
simple thirst for amusement or the life of lotusland, the energy of the artist ..."
5. Sicily, the Garden of the Mediterranean: The History, People, Institutions by Will Seymour Monroe (1909)
"Then came Ulysses with the unwilling companions he had dragged from the lotusland
and had his famous encounter with the Cyclops. ..."
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