Lotusland

See also: lotus land, lotusland, Lotus land, and Lotus Land

English

Etymology

In reference to Vancouver, coined by Canadian writer Allan Fotheringham.[1]

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ænd

Proper noun

Lotusland

(Greek mythology) The legendary island of the lotus-eaters.
- 1994, Judith Yarnall, Transformations of Circe: The History of an Enchantress:
  Calypso is by far the most effective impediment Odysseus encounters on his journey home to Ithaca, holding him in a sensuous but tedious captivity for seven years, Lotusland revisited.
(informal) The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (and, by extension, the province of British Columbia).
- 1999, Jim Munroe, Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask, HarperFlamingo Canada, →ISBN, page 10:
  "Vancouver, until about two years ago." I could tell that she was going to regale me about the beauty of Lotusland, where it never snows and pot grows between cracks in the sidewalk.

References

Bill Casselman, Casselman's Canadian Words: A Comic Browse Through Words and Folk Sayings Invented by Canadians, Copp Clark (1995), →ISBN, pages 76-77

单词	Lotusland
释义	Lotusland See also: lotus land, lotusland, Lotus land, and Lotus Land English Etymology In reference to Vancouver, coined by Canadian writer Allan Fotheringham.[1] Pronunciation Rhymes: -ænd Proper noun Lotusland (Greek mythology) The legendary island of the lotus-eaters. 1994, Judith Yarnall, Transformations of Circe: The History of an Enchantress: Calypso is by far the most effective impediment Odysseus encounters on his journey home to Ithaca, holding him in a sensuous but tedious captivity for seven years, Lotusland revisited. (informal) The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (and, by extension, the province of British Columbia). 1999, Jim Munroe, Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask, HarperFlamingo Canada, →ISBN, page 10: "Vancouver, until about two years ago." I could tell that she was going to regale me about the beauty of Lotusland, where it never snows and pot grows between cracks in the sidewalk. References Bill Casselman, Casselman's Canadian Words: A Comic Browse Through Words and Folk Sayings Invented by Canadians, Copp Clark (1995), →ISBN, pages 76-77 Further reading Nicknames of Vancouver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Lotusland

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