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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "обетова́на земя́"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "應許之地"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīngxǔ zhī dì",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "应许之地"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "země zaslíbená"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Beloofde Land"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "tõotatud maa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "Luvattu maa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Terre promise"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Terre Promise"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gelobtes Land"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ha-árets ha-muvtakhat",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "הארץ המובטחת"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "Tanah Terjanji"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Terra Promessa"
},
{
"alt": "やくそくのち",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yakusoku no chi",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "約束の地"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yaksog-ui ttang",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "약속의 땅"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vetena zemja",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ветена земја"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ġehātland"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sarzamin-e mav'ud",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "سَرْزَمینِ مَوْعُود"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "arz-e mav'ud",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "اَرْضِ مَوْعُود"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ziemia Obiecana"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Terra Prometida"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zemljá obetovánnaja",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "земля́ обетова́нная"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "обећана земља"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "obećana zemlja"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zasľúbená zem"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obljubljena dežela"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Tierra Prometida"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "det förlovade landet"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "Lupang Pangako"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zemljá obitována",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "земля́ обітова́на"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "đất hứa"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "land promised by God",
"word": "Gwlad yr Addewid"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Promised Land"
],
"word": "Promised Land"
}
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{
"ref": "c. 1820, “The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood”, in The Crayon Papers, Washington Irving",
"text": "The country, too, which had been the promised land of my boyhood, did not, like most promised lands, disappoint me.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1857, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 25, in The Professor",
"text": "When Frances had developed her plan, she intimated, in some closing sentences, her hopes for the future. […] [A]nd what was to hinder us from going to live in England? England was still her Promised Land.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1912, Annie Fellows Johnston, chapter 8, in Mary Ware's Promised Land",
"text": "That is the danger that always menaces people when they get over into their Promised Land.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1968 April 3, Martin Luther King Jr., I've Been to the Mountaintop",
"text": "I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1987, Joe Smooth (lyrics and music), “Promised Land”, performed by Anthony Thomas",
"text": "When the angels from above / Fall down and spread their wings like doves / As we walk hand in hand / Sister, brothers, we'll make it to the promised land",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"(idiomatic, sometimes lower case) Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation."
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"word": "promised land"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "avetyacʻ erkir",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"word": "ավետյաց երկիր"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xostacʻyal erkir",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"word": "խոստացյալ երկիր"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obetovana zemja",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "обетована земя"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"word": "yuta sa mga saad"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eldorádo"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "země zaslíbená"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"word": "luvattu maa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "terre promise"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gelobtes Land"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "terra promessa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ziemia obiecana"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "terra prometida"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zemljá obetovánnaja",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "земля́ обетова́нная"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Tierra de promisión"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "place which one eagerly seeks",
"word": "lupang pangako"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Promised Land"
],
"word": "Promised Land"
}
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