Promised Land

American  

noun

1. heaven.

2. Canaan, the land promised by God to Abraham and his descendants. Genesis 12:7.

3. (often lowercase) a place or situation believed to hold ultimate happiness.

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Promised Land British  

noun

1. Old Testament the land of Canaan, promised by God to Abraham and his descendants as their heritage (Genesis 12:7)

2. heaven, esp when considered as the goal towards which Christians journey in their earthly lives

3. any longed-for place where one expects to find greater happiness or fulfilment

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Promised Land Cultural  

1. The land that God promised he would give to the descendants of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob; the land flowing with milk and honey; the land of Canaan, or Palestine. The Israelites did not take it over until after the Exodus, when they conquered the people already living there.

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By extension, an idyllic place or state of being that a person hopes to reach, especially one that cannot be reached except by patience and determination, is called a “Promised Land.”

Etymology

Origin of Promised Land

First recorded in 1560–70

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Promised Land

According to property records, the media mogul’s portfolio in Montecito has dwindled to just a handful of homes, including her Promised Land estate, as well as another parcel of land adjacent to her primary estate.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025

Inside this edition, Cranach's map presents the stations of the wilderness wanderings and the division of the Promised Land into twelve tribal regions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025

In the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, Amalek is a nation whose soldiers ambushed the Israelites as they made their way to the Promised Land.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2023

Mikkelsen will also head to Venice for the premiere of his film The Promised Land, based on Ida Jessen's 2020 novel The Captain and Ann Barbara.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023

Word spread from Maryland to the farms of Virginia and the Carolinas, and as part of what would become known as the Great Migration, black families flocked from the South to Turner Station—the Promised Land.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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