Lotusland

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

English

Alternative forms

• Lotus Land, Lotos-land

Etymology

In reference to Vancouver, coined by Canadian journalist Allan Fotheringham.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Proper noun

Lotusland

1. (Greek mythology) The legendary island of the lotus-eaters.
   • 1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Lotos-Eaters”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 117:

     We will abide in the golden vale / Of the Lotos-land, till the Lotos fail; / We will not wander more.

   • 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.

2. (informal) The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; (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.

Further reading

• Nicknames of Vancouver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia