God's country
Americannoun
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an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
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an isolated rural area.
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one's native region.
Etymology
Origin of God's country
1860–65;
Example Sentences
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In a shot that likely got left in Robert Altman's scratch pad for being too on-the-nose, the Nashville star wrote "Get me to God's country" over an image of his private jet.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2025
“This is a clay dirt road way out in the middle of what we call God’s country on the way to a nice little fishing lake.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2020
Nearly 200 miles from where Route 33 started, this is also God’s country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2020
“It’s God’s country, and it gives us peace. And that’s how I like to live, in peace.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2015
Jack knew that he was at as great a disadvantage in her presence as if at the mercy of the divinest coquette in all of God's country.
From Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter by Merrill Tileston
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