Phrase guide

Promised Land

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

name

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism

Topics: Christianity

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2

name

Meaning 2

The United States of America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Mormonism

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3

name

Meaning 3

Heaven or the afterlife.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, lowercase, sometimes

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name

Meaning 4

A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 5

Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, lowercase, sometimes

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Alternative letter-case form of Promised Land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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noun

Meaning 7

the goal towards which Christians strive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Heaven

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noun

Meaning 8

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, Shangri-la

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: region, part

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noun

Meaning 9

an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَرْض الْمِيعَاد (ʔarḍ al-mīʕād) — land promised by God
  • Armenian: Ավետյաց երկիր (Avetyacʻ erkir) — land promised by God
  • Belarusian: зямля́ абяца́ная (zjamljá abjacánaja) — land promised by God
  • Bulgarian: обетова́на земя́ (obetována zemjá) — land promised by God
  • Chinese Mandarin: 應許之地 /应许之地 (yīngxǔ zhī dì) — land promised by God
  • Czech: země zaslíbená — land promised by God
  • Dutch: Beloofde Land — land promised by God
  • Estonian: tõotatud maa — land promised by God
  • Finnish: Luvattu maa — land promised by God
  • French: Terre promise — land promised by God
  • French: Terre Promise — land promised by God
  • German: gelobtes Land — land promised by God
  • Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת \ הָאָרֶץ הַמֻּבְטַחַת (ha-árets ha-muvtákhat) — land promised by God
  • Hindi: प्रतिज्ञात भूमि (pratijñāt bhūmi) — land promised by God
  • Indonesian: Tanah Terjanji — land promised by God
  • Italian: Terra Promessa — land promised by God
  • Japanese: 約束の地 (yakusoku no chi) — land promised by God
  • Korean: 약속의 땅 (yaksog-ui ttang) — land promised by God
  • Latin: Terra Promissa — land promised by God
  • Macedonian: ветена земја (vetena zemja) — land promised by God
  • Old English: ġehātland — land promised by God
  • Persian: سَرْزَمینِ مَوْعُود (sarzamin-e mav'ud) — land promised by God
  • Persian: اَرْضِ مَوْعُود (arz-e mav'ud) — land promised by God
  • Polish: Ziemia Obiecana — land promised by God
  • Portuguese: Terra Prometida — land promised by God
  • Russian: земля́ обетова́нная (zemljá obetovánnaja) — land promised by God
  • Serbo-Croatian: обећана земља — land promised by God
  • Serbo-Croatian: obećana zemlja — land promised by God
  • Slovak: zasľúbená zem — land promised by God
  • Slovene: obljubljena dežela — land promised by God
  • Spanish: Tierra Prometida — land promised by God
  • Swedish: det förlovade landet — land promised by God
  • Tagalog: Lupang Pangako — land promised by God
  • Ukrainian: земля́ обітова́на (zemljá obitována) — land promised by God
  • Vietnamese: đất hứa — land promised by God
  • Welsh: Gwlad yr Addewid — land promised by God
  • Russian: земля́ обетова́нная (zemljá obetovánnaja) — Heaven or the afterlife
  • Armenian: ավետյաց երկիր (avetyacʻ erkir) — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Armenian: խոստացյալ երկիր (xostacʻyal erkir) — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Bulgarian: обетована земя (obetovana zemja) — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Cebuano: yuta sa mga saad — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Czech: eldorádo — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Czech: země zaslíbená — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Finnish: luvattu maa — place which one eagerly seeks
  • French: terre promise — place which one eagerly seeks
  • German: gelobtes Land — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Italian: terra promessa — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Polish: ziemia obiecana — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Portuguese: terra prometida — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Russian: земля́ обетова́нная (zemljá obetovánnaja) — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Spanish: Tierra de promisión — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Tagalog: lupang pangako — place which one eagerly seeks
  • Ukrainian: земля обітова́на (zemlja obitována) — place which one eagerly seeks