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promised land   (TTS Sound)

The noun promised land has 3 senses

• Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land -- (an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism)


• Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la -- (any place of complete bliss and delight and peace)


• Promised Land -- (the goal towards which Christians strive)