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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In Aristophanes's comedy “The Birds,” an imaginary city built in the clouds by the birds at the instigation of two Athenians, and represented both as a fantastic caricature of Athens in the poet's day and as a sort of Philistine Utopia full of gross enjoyments; hence, in literary allusion, cloudland; fools' paradise.

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  1. n. The act of seeking and finding shapes in clouds.

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  1. Ancient Greek. The word comes from the play The Birds by the Greek playwright Aristophanes. (Wiktionary)

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  • hernesheir This word belongs in the Wordnik lists of imagined places and destinaitons. Jan 23, 2013

  • mialuthien It is pronounced /ne-fê-lê-kak-'si-jee-yê/. Jul 26, 2008

  • reesetee From WWFTD, 5/16/08:
    1) capitalized: cloud cuckoo land
    2) the act of finding shapes in clouds

    First used by Aristophanes in The Birds, (414 BC), this was to be a city in the clouds; fr. nephele, "cloud" + kokkyx, "cuckoo." May 16, 2008

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