utopia

Betekenis (Engels)

A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.

Vertalings

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/juːˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía). Compare English topos and -ia.

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