How does the word eutopia create a pun in Thomas More’s Utopia?

In his 1516 work Utopia, Sir Thomas More coined the term "Utopia" by combining the Greek words ou ("not" or "no") and topos ("place"), literally meaning "no place".123

The pun arises from the phonetic similarity between ou-topos and the Greek prefix eu-, which means "good". By naming his fictional island "Utopia," More created a clever linguistic play on eu-topos, or "good place". This pun is explicitly suggested in a prefatory poem included with the book.3

Through this wordplay, More highlighted the paradoxical nature of his ideal society: it represents a "good place" that is, by definition, "no place"—an imaginary, unattainable ideal that serves as a satirical critique of the flawed political and social conditions of 16th-century Europe.134