English Explanatory Dictionary

Promised Land

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The area historically known as Judea, which was promised to the Israelites by God according to oral tradition recorded in the Book of Genesis.
  2. The United States of America.
  3. Heaven or the afterlife.
  4. A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
noun
  1. Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Promised Land.

Pronunciation

En-au-Promised Land.ogg

Word forms

Promised Land the Promised Land Promised Lands

Related words

Zion
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