Phrase guide

ends of the earth

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A very remote place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: end of the world, Isolated town, bump in the road, jerkwater, jerk-water, jerkwater town, one-horse town, wide spot in the road, Isolated place, arse end of nowhere, back of beyond, back forty, backcountry, backwater, backwoods, beyond the black stump, boondock, boondocks, boonies, bumfuck middle of nowhere, bumfuck nowhere, dullsville, edge of the earth, edge of the world, ends of the earth, ends of the world, hinterland, middle of nowhere, north forty, off the beaten track, out of the way, sticks, the sticks, Actual places, back o' Bourke, Outer Mongolia, Timbuktu, Tuktoyaktuk, Fictional places, Anytown, BFE, Bumblefuck, Bumfuck, Egypt, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nowhere, Ohio, Buttfuck, East Bumfuck, East Jesus, Hicksville, Nowheresville, Podunk, Squedunk, Whateverville, wop-wops, Woop Woop

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noun

Meaning 2

Distant land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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noun

Meaning 3

Extremities of the land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 天涯海角 (tiānyáhǎijiǎo) — a very remote place
  • French: bout du monde — a very remote place