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vacationland

American  
[vey-key-shuhn-land, vuh-] / veɪˈkeɪ ʃənˌlænd, və- /

noun

  1. an area having recreational facilities, historic or picturesque sights, etc., that attract vacationists.


Etymology

Origin of vacationland

vacation + -land

Example Sentences

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A loss leader and a billboard food for nearly every casino on the Strip, prime rib became the perfect dish for a town branding itself as the vacationland of middle-class luxury.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023

Khristen, a teenager, arrives at this bleak vacationland after the boarding school to which her mother has abandoned her scatters students to the four winds.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021

It was here that the tempestuous beach environment, long feared and avoided until industrial times, was rebranded as a summer vacationland.

From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2018

Promises offered customized care — drawing on psychotherapy and holistic practices like yoga, meditation, and biofeedback — in vacationland surroundings.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2013

This stretch is a vacationland for locals and a handful of European budget travelers.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2012