Cockaigne

noun

kä-ˈkān How to pronounce Cockaigne (audio)
Definition of Cockaignenext
as in utopia
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness many gourmets still regard Paris as a culinary Cockaigne

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Recent Examples of Cockaigne The Cockaigne Resort in upstate New York closed in February, after getting just 35 to 37 inches of snow this past winter, according to its website. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 May 2023
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  1. utopia
  2. paradise
Noun
  • Where the Tea Party was demanding a right-wing agenda for the nation, the DSA wants to dismantle America and rebuild it as a workers' utopia.
    — Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Jäger compares the sounds of techno to the noise of Detroit’s industrial machinery—the music that drove the ersatz utopias of the late twentieth century is, in other words, merely a synthetic echo of a far more vital past.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of utopia
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  • The Anderson Ranch Arts Center, a five-acre complex of studios and artist housing in Snowmass, Colorado, that offers workshops and residencies, is often called a maker’s paradise.
    — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • South of Valencia along the Costa Blanca is Alicante, a walkable port city and an outdoor lover’s paradise with parks, gardens, and historic plazas unfold beneath the watchful eye of a 9th-century castle.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of paradise

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