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Brigadoon

noun
Brig·​a·​doon | \ ˌbri-gə-ˈdün How to pronounce Brigadoon (audio) \

Definition of Brigadoon

: a place that is idyllic, unaffected by time, or remote from reality

First Known Use of Brigadoon

1968, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Brigadoon

from Brigadoon, village in the musical Brigadoon (1947) by A. J. Lerner and F. Loewe

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