The Collaborative Dictionary

Wonderland \Won"der*land`\, n. A land full of wonders, or marvels. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]

Word Net

wonderland

1 a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder

2 an imaginary realm of marvels or wonders

Moby Thesaurus

Agapemone, Arcadia, Big Rock-Candy Mountain, Canaan, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Erewhon, Garden of Eden, Goshen, Happy Valley, Land of Youth, Laputa, Never-Never-land, Neverland, New Atlantis, Pandemonium, Quivira, Shangri-la, Utopia, Zion, arcadia, cloudland, dreamland, dystopia, faerie, fairyland, heaven, kakotopia, kingdom come, land of dreams, land of enchantment, land of faerie, land of plenty, land of promise, lotus land, millennium, paradise, promised land, utopia

English

Noun

1. an imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels

Wonderland may refer to:

Literature

• Wonderland, the setting of Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Wonderland (novel), a novel by Joyce Carol Oates.
• Wonderland Avenue, Danny Sugerman's autobiographical book about his life in the music business
• Wonderland (Doctor Who) - a novel based on the television series

Art

• Wonderland (Hughes painting) a 1912 painting by Arthur Hughes.

Music

• Wonderland (Lionnel Mascarenhas album)
• Wonderland (The Charlatans)
• Wonderland (Erasure album)
• Wonderland (McFly album)
• Wonderland (Forgive Durden album)
• Wonderland (Judie Tzuke album)
• "Wonderland" (XTC single)
• "Wonderland" (Heidi Klum song)
• "Wonderland" (Ayumi Hamasaki), a song by Ayumi Hamasaki
• "Wonderland", a song by Alcazar
• "Wonderland", a song by Dramarama
• "Your Body is a Wonderland", a pop song by John Mayer
• "Wonderland", a song by the Spanish-German-Dutch pop group Passion Fruit
• Wonderland (band) -- German pop band from 1960s
• Wonderland, a rave in the off-Broadway musical Bare, a Pop Opera

Film and television

• Wonderland (TV series), a 2000 ABC television drama directed by Peter Berg
• Next Stop Wonderland, a 1998 film directed by Brad Anderson. The title refers to the MBTA Wonderland station (see below).
• The Fruit Machine (film), a 1988 film was known as Wonderland in the US, directed by Philip Saville
• Wonderland (1999 film), a film directed by Michael Winterbottom
• Wonderland (2003 film), a film about the Wonderland Murders (see below), directed by James Cox
• This Is Wonderland, a 2004 CBC television drama
• Wonderland, an alternate dimension in the Final Fantasy: Unlimited anime, to which the main characters travel

Locations

• Canada's Wonderland, an amusement park in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
• Wonderland Village, a shopping center in Livonia, Michigan, USA; formerly known as Wonderland Mall and Wonderland Center
• Wonderland station (MBTA), a rapid transit station on the Blue Line in Revere, Massachusetts, USA
• Wonderland Racetrack, a greyhound racing track in Revere, Massachusetts
• Wonderland Amusement Park, operated in Revere, Massachusetts, 1906-1911
• Wonderland Sydney, a now defunct theme park in Sydney, Australia
• Wonderland, Ohio, a ghost town in Columbus, Ohio, USA
• Wonderland Trail, a hiking trail that circumnavigates Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
• Wonderland Amusement Park (Amarillo, Texas), an amusement park located in Amarillo, Texas, USA

Other uses

• The Wonderland murders, occurring in 1981 at 8763 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, California to which porn star John Holmes was linked
• Wonderland Club, an international child pornography ring operating over the Internet
• Wonderland (game), A puzzle game made by Midnight Synergy (c)
• Wonderland (adventure game), a 1990 adventure game by Magnetic Scrolls
• Project Wonderland, an open source toolkit for building 3D virtual worlds
• Wonderland Online, an MMORPG developed by Chinese Gamer International
• Wonerland*, a nice place

See also

• Winterland
• Wonderworld

References

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