Etymology

From νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) +‎ κόκκῡξ (kókkūx, “cuckoo”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)Category:Ancient Greek compound terms#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑ.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ • (Nephelokokkūgĭ́ā) f (genitive Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek proper nouns#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Pages with entries#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑ; first declension

1. cloud-cuckoo-land
   • 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 819:

     Πισθέταιρος βούλει Νεφελοκοκκυγίαν?
     Ἔποψ ἰοὺ ἰού: καλόν γ’ ἀτεχνῶς σὺ καὶ μέγ’ ηὗρες τοὔνομα!
     Ἐυελπίδης ἆρ’ ἐστὶν αὑτηγὶ Νεφελοκοκκυγία, ἵνα καὶ τὰ Θεογένους τὰ πολλὰ χρήματα τά τ’ Αἰσχίνου γ’ ἅπαντα?

     Pisthétairos boúlei Nephelokokkugían?
     Épops ioù ioú: kalón g’ atekhnôs sù kaì még’ hēûres toúnoma!
     Euelpídēs âr’ estìn hautēgì Nephelokokkugía, hína kaì tà Theogénous tà pollà khrḗmata tá t’ Aiskhínou g’ hápanta?

     • Translation by Ian Johnston

       Pisthetairos: Well, then, how do you like this: Cloudcuckooland?
       Chorus leader: Yes! That’s good! You’ve come up with a name that’s really wonderful—it’s great!
       Euelpides: Hang on, is this Cloudcuckooland the very spot where Theogenes keeps lots of money, and Aeschines hides all his assets?

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References

• “Νεφελοκοκκυγία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Νεφελοκοκκυγία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

Etymology

Ancient GreekCategory:Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ (Nephelokokkūgĭ́ā, “cloud-cuckoo-land”), from (νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) + κόκκῡξ (kókkūx, “cuckoo”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “country suffix”)). A placename created by Aristophanes, the city of The Birds. In philological texts, referred as Nephelococcygia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.fe.lo.ko.ciˈʝi.a/Category:Greek terms with IPA pronunciation#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑ
• Hyphenation: Νε‧φε‧λε‧κοκ‧κυ‧γί‧α

Proper noun

Νεφελοκοκκυγία • (Nefelokokkygía) f (plural Νεφελοκοκκυγίες)Category:Greek lemmas#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Greek proper nouns#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Greek feminine nouns#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Pages with entries#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑ

1. cloud-cuckoo-land, a utopia, imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people.
   • Για τις Νεφελοκοκκυγίες σας έχω / πολλά κι ωραία τραγούδια εγώ συνθέσει

     Gia tis Nefelokokkygíes sas écho / pollá ki oraía tragoúdia egó synthései

     For your Cloudcuckoolands I have composed many and wonderful songs

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     Translation (1967) in Modern Greek by Thrasyboulοs Stavrou of Aristophanes, The Birds, verses 917-918 @greek-language.gr