"ends of the earth" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} ends of the earth pl (plural only)
  1. A very remote place. Tags: plural, plural-only Derived forms: go to the ends of the earth, follow someone to the ends of the earth Related terms: Land's End Translations (a very remote place): 天涯海角 (tiānyáhǎijiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), bout du monde [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-ends_of_the_earth-en-noun-flEBCZ-s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 2 36 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 63 12 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 3 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 2 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 2 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 79 7 14 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 [US], backcountry, backwater, backwoods, provinces, beyond the black stump [Australia], boondock [US], boondocks [US], boonies [US], bumfuck middle of nowhere [rare, vulgar], bumfuck nowhere [vulgar], dullsville, edge of the earth, edge of the world, ends of the earth, ends of the world, hinterland, middle of nowhere, north forty [US], off the beaten track, out of the way, sticks, the sticks, Actual places, back o' Bourke [Australia], 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 [New-Zealand], Woop Woop [Australia] Disambiguation of 'a very remote place': 99 1 0
  2. Distant land. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-ends_of_the_earth-en-noun-iL~69-Rh
  3. Extremities of the land. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-ends_of_the_earth-en-noun-odz8yGaG
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