vacationland

noun

: an area with recreational attractions and facilities for vacationers

Examples of vacationland in a Sentence

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Tree House then expanded to Sandwich, MA on the vacationland area of Cape Cod in 2021. Em Sauter, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025 Beyond its vacationland veneer, Lahaina holds sacred sites for Native Hawaiians, and has for generations been home to various cultural groups and social classes. Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2023 In vacationland, Halle Bailey’s interminable braids and curls took on romantic, noir qualities in Paris, as a Mexican backdrop afforded Lupita Nyong’o’s seaside selfies an additional wash of luminosity. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 2 July 2023 Khristen, a teenager, arrives at this bleak vacationland after the boarding school to which her mother has abandoned her scatters students to the four winds. Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vacationland was in 1927

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“Vacationland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacationland. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

Kids Definition

vacationland

noun
: a place where many people go on vacation
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