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Noun: Promised Land
  1. An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
    - Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land
     
  2. The goal towards which Christians strive
Noun: promised land
  1. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
    - Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, Shangri-la

Derived forms: promised lands

Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, Heaven, part, region

Part of: Asia

Encyclopedia: Promised Land, SC

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