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Confiturembourg

/kɔ̃.fi.ty.ʁɛ̃.buʁ/

proper noun/kɔ̃.fi.ty.ʁɛ̃.buʁ/

the imaginary capital of the Realm of the Dolls (le royaume des poupées) in Alexandre Dumas's translation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Nussknacker und Mausekönig (The Nutcracker and the Mouse King)

Related: confiturembourgeois, Confiturembourgeois, Confiturembourgeoise

Partial calque of German Konfektburg, using confiture (“jam”) + bourg (“burg”).