utopia
意味
- ユートピア(Sir Thomas More の作 Utopia に説かれた理想郷)
- 《しばしば u-》理想郷
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From New Latin Ūtopia, 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 οὐ (ou, “not”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía). Compare English topos and -ia.