"land of the free" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-land of the free.wav Forms: the land of the free [canonical]
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  1. (poetic) The United States of America. Tags: poetic Categories (place): Country nicknames, United States Related terms: Land of the Leal, land of the living
    Sense id: en-land_of_the_free-en-name-mFKCOxQq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1839 April, “Italian Historians”, in The North American Review, volume 48, number 103, page 330:",
          "text": "[…] nowhere but in America could a liberty, so easily acquired, be so easily maintained. Since that time, Heaven has smiled incessantly on the land of the free.",
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