Land of Oz

noun

1. an unreal, otherworldly, or magical place.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Land of Oz¹

After the magical place created by L. Frank Baum in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and other fantasy novels

Example Sentences

Based on the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the film featured a young Kansas girl called Dorothy and her dog Toto, who were transported to the fantastical Land of Oz by a tornado.

From BBC

Set in the Land of Oz before Dorothy Gales' arrival from Kansas, the movie covers the musical's first act.

From BBC

Shall we compare the tornado that gingerly transports Dorothy — and her little dog, too — from Kansas into the land of Oz to the Oklahoman superstorms in this film that explode diesel trucks, turn barns into toothpicks and level entire towns within seconds?

From New York Times

Meanwhile, Wicked stars Ariana Grande in the land of Oz.

From BBC

Lead character Dorothy puts them on early in the film, after she lands in the Land of Oz, and uses them to return home to Kansas at the end by clicking her heels three times while repeating "there's no place like home".

From BBC