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Promised Land en · NOUN

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1. (idiomatic, lowercase, sometimes) Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.
   • The country, too, which had been the promised land of my boyhood, did not, like most promised lands, disappoint me. c. 1820, “The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood”, in The Crayon Papers, Washington Irving:
   • When Frances had developed her plan, she intimated, in some closing sentences, her hopes for the future. […] [A]nd what was to hinder us from going to live in England? England was still her Promised Land. 1857, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 25, in The Professor:
   • I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. 1968 April 3, Martin Luther King Jr., I've Been to the Mountaintop:
   • When the angels from above / Fall down and spread their wings like doves / As we walk hand in hand / Sister, brothers, we'll make it to the promised land 1987, Joe Smooth, “Promised Land”, performed by Anthony Thomas:
   • That is the danger that always menaces people when they get over into their Promised Land. 1912, Annie Fellows Johnston, chapter 8, in Mary Ware's Promised Land:

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ceb yuta sa mga saad (place which one eagerly seeks) · ru земля́ обетова́нная (place which one eagerly seeks) · de gelobtes Land (place which one eagerly seeks) · cs země zaslíbená (place which one eagerly seeks) · hy ավետյաց երկիր (place which one eagerly seeks) · fr terre promise (place which one eagerly seeks) · tl lupang pangako (place which one eagerly seeks) · cs eldorádo (place which one eagerly seeks) · es Tierra de promisión (place which one eagerly seeks) · hy խոստացյալ երկիր (place which one eagerly seeks) · it terra promessa (place which one eagerly seeks) · bg обетована земя (place which one eagerly seeks) · uk земля обітова́на (place which one eagerly seeks) · fi luvattu maa (place which one eagerly seeks) · pl ziemia obiecana (place which one eagerly seeks) · pt terra prometida (place which one eagerly seeks)

Promised Land en · PROPN

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1. (Judaism) The area historically known as Judea, which was promised to the Israelites by God according to oral tradition recorded in the Book of Genesis.
   • At last, after years of patient waiting, he stood like Moses on the mountain, looking down into the Promised Land. 1910, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 3, in The Intrusion of Jimmy:
2. (Mormonism) The United States of America.
3. (idiomatic, lowercase, sometimes) Heaven or the afterlife.
   • "Be good, my boy, and God will make you great." Then she said she was cold, and . . . murmured: "I'll away, I'll away to the Promised Land—to the Promised Land. […] It is cold—so cold—God keep my boy!" 1901, Gilbert Parker, chapter 3, in The March of The White Guard:
   • On Sunday night, April 29, 1900 Engineman John Luther Jones, called "Casey", […] took his farewell journey to the promised land. 1934 July 16, “Heroes: Brave Engineer”, in Time:
4. A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

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he הארץ המובטחת \ הָאָרֶץ הַמֻּבְטַחַת (land promised by God) · fr Terre Promise (land promised by God) · it Terra Promessa (land promised by God) · uk земля́ обітова́на (land promised by God) · ru земля́ обетова́нная (land promised by God) · pl Ziemia Obiecana (land promised by God) · tl Lupang Pangako (land promised by God) · et tõotatud maa (land promised by God) · ar أَرْض الْمِيعَاد (land promised by God) · mk ветена земја (land promised by God) · hy Ավետյաց երկիր (land promised by God) · fi Luvattu maa (land promised by God) · vi đất hứa (land promised by God) · ja 約束の地 (land promised by God) · es Tierra Prometida (land promised by God) · hi प्रतिज्ञात भूमि (land promised by God) · cs země zaslíbená (land promised by God) · bg обетова́на земя́ (land promised by God) · de gelobtes Land (land promised by God) · be зямля́ абяца́ная (land promised by God) · la Terra Promissa (land promised by God) · sv det förlovade landet (land promised by God) · fr Terre promise (land promised by God) · fa سَرْزَمینِ مَوْعُود (land promised by God) · cy Gwlad yr Addewid (land promised by God) · pt Terra Prometida (land promised by God) · sl obljubljena dežela (land promised by God) · ang ġehātland (land promised by God) · sh обећана земља (land promised by God) · fa اَرْضِ مَوْعُود (land promised by God) · sh obećana zemlja (land promised by God) · ru земля́ обетова́нная (Heaven or the afterlife) · sk zasľúbená zem (land promised by God) · cmn 應許之地 /应许之地 (land promised by God) · ko 약속의 땅 (land promised by God) · id Tanah Terjanji (land promised by God) · nl Beloofde Land (land promised by God)