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land of milk and honey

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From English translations of Exodus 3:7-8. Calque of Biblical Hebrew אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 魚米之鄉 /鱼米之乡 (yúmǐzhīxiāng) — a land of abundance
  • Hebrew: אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ (éretz zavát ẖaláv udvásh) — a land of abundance
  • Hungarian: tejjel-mézzel folyó Kánaán — a land of abundance
  • Italian: bengodi — a land of abundance
  • Polish: kraina mlekiem i miodem płynąca — a land of abundance
  • Polish: kraj mlekiem i miodem płynący — a land of abundance
  • Polish: ziemia mlekiem i miodem płynąca — a land of abundance
  • Portuguese: terra de leite e mel — a land of abundance
  • Portuguese: terra do leite e mel — a land of abundance
  • Russian: земля́ обетова́нная (zemljá obetovánnaja) — a land of abundance