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English

Etymology

From New Latin ?topia, 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 ?? (ou, “not”) + ????? (tópos, “place, region”) + -?? (-ía). Compare English topos and -ia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ju??t??.pi.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ju?to?.pi.?/

Noun

utopia (countable and uncountable, plural utopia or utopias)

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

Antonyms

• dystopia
• unutopia

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• heaven
• paradise

References

Catalan

Noun

utopia f (plural utopies)

1. utopia

Derived terms

• utòpic

Finnish

(index u)

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, 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 ?? (ou, “not, no”) + ????? (tópos, “place, region”).

Noun

utopia

1. utopia

Declension

Anagrams

• poutia, toipua

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, 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 ?? (ou, “not, no”) + ????? (tópos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.to?pi.a/, [ut?o?pi?ä], (in fast speech) [ut?o?piä?]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: u?to?pìa

Noun

utopia f (plural utopie)

1. utopia

   Antonym: distopia

Derived terms

• utopico
• utopista

Related terms

• utopistico

References

• utopia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?t?.p?a/

Noun

utopia f

1. utopia

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) utopijny
• (adverb) utopijnie
• (nouns) utopijno??, utopista, utopistka

Further reading

• utopia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, 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 ?? (ou, “not, no”) + ????? (tópos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u?to?pi?a

Noun

utopia f (plural utopias)

1. utopia