(Also occas. with hyphen.) [f. WONDER sb. + LAND sb. Cf. G. wunderland.] a. An imaginary realm of wonder and faery. b. A country, realm or domain that is full of wonders or marvels.
1790. Wolcot (P. Pindar), Compl. Ep. James Bruce, 332. Wks. 1812, II. 368. Where other trav’lers, fraught with terror, roam, Lo! Bruce in Wonder-land is quite at home.
1866. ‘Lewis Carroll’ (title), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
1894. J. Perry Worden, in Outing (U.S.), April, 66/1. Every mile of my journey opened to me anew and with increasing force the surprises of this wonder-land.
1902. Westm. Gaz., 24 May, 9/1. That wonderland of the world, Egypt.
1903. Agnes M. Clerke, Probl. Astrophysics, 6. The wonderland of molecular physics.
