Legoland

English Etymology Name of a chain of theme parks (Legoland) based on the Lego building bricks; en land. Pronunciation en En-au-Legoland.ogg AU Noun en slang A place characterised by square edges and extreme regularity. en 1997 Mark McCrum No worries: a journey through Australia ...three hundred yards back from that, behind a legoland of hotels and apartment blocks... en 2004 Tim Jepson The rough guide to Canada Its pristine stone houses, most of which date from around 1685, are undeniably photogenic, with their steep metal roofs, numerous chimneys and pastel-coloured shutters, but it's a Legoland townscape, devoid of the scars of history. en 2004 Neil Leach; Laurent Gutierrez; Valérie Portefaix China Gradually these Legolands appear bigger and bigger, closer and closer, as the aircraft descends. en 2004 Yorke M Rowan; Uzi Baram Marketing heritage: archaeology and the consumption of the past Unlike most cities and towns in the East, one Bavarian preservationist claimed, modernized West German cities had mutated into "schematized Legolands"... Anagrams en adegllno allonged