fictitious place
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| Noun | 1. | fictitious place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings imagination, imaginativeness, vision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be" afterworld - the place where you are after you die Asgard - (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes Atlantis - according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake Brobdingnag - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous cloud-cuckoo-land - an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality Cockaigne - (Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness El Dorado, eldorado - an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers Heaven - the abode of God and the angels Elysium - a place or condition of ideal happiness netherworld, Scheol, underworld, Hades, infernal region, Hell - (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis infernal region, nether region, perdition, Inferno, Hell, pit - (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson Houyhnhnms - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos Laputa - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected Lilliput - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny people limbo - (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals) limbo - an imaginary place for lost or neglected things Midgard - (Norse mythology) the abode of humans in Norse mythology purgatory - (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins Ruritania - an imaginary kingdom in central Europe; often used as a scene for intrigue and romance spirit world - any imaginary place where spiritual beings (demons or fairies or angels or the like) abide; "science has emptied the spirit world of its former inhabitants" wonderland - an imaginary realm of marvels or wonders |
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