Meanings
proper nounthe Holy Land
- That part of the Middle East, consisting mostly of Israel and Palestine, in which most Biblical events are set.
- UKobsoleteslangThe Seven Dials area of London, England.
1 more example
Before returning to Dickens's accounts of these places, it is interesting to read what Charles Booth had to say of Shelton Street as he saw it in 1889, at a time when wholesale demolitions carried out for the construction of New Oxford Street in 1847 and Shaftesbury Avenue in 1885 had cut a swathe through “the Holy Land”.
2016, Valeria Tinkler-Villani, editor, Babylon or New Jerusalem?: Perceptions of the City in Literature, page 101
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic اَلْأَرْض اَلْمُقَدَّسَة
- اَلْأَرْض اَلْمُقَدَّسَة (al-ʔarḍ al-muqaddasa)that part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Chinese Mandarin 聖地 /圣地
- 聖地 /圣地 (shèngdì)that part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Czech Svatá země, Svatá zem
- Svatá zeměthat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
- Svatá zemthat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Danish Det Hellige Land
- Det Hellige Landthat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Dutch Heilig Land
- Heilig Landthat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Esperanto Sankta Lando
- Sankta Landothat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Finnish Pyhä maa
- Pyhä maathat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
French Terre Sainte
- Terre Saintethat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
German Heiliges Land
- Heiliges Landthat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Greek Άγιοι Τόποι
- Άγιοι Τόποι (Ágioi Tópoi)that part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Hebrew אֶרֶץ הַקֹּדֶשׁ
- אֶרֶץ הַקֹּדֶשׁ (éretz haqódesh)that part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Irish An Talamh Naofa, An Tír Bheannaithe
- An Talamh Naofathat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
- An Tír Bheannaithethat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Italian Terrasanta, Terra Santa
- Terrasantathat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
- Terra Santathat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Japanese 聖地
- 聖地 (seichi)that part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Korean 성지
- 성지 (seongji)that part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Latin Terra Sancta
- Terra Sanctathat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Norwegian Bokmål Det hellige land
- Det hellige landthat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Polish Ziemia Święta
- Ziemia Świętathat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Portuguese Terra Santa
- Terra Santathat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Russian Свята́я земля́
- Свята́я земля́ (Svjatája zemljá)that part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Spanish Tierra Santa
- Tierra Santathat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Swedish det heliga landet
- det heliga landetthat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Urdu دَیارِ مُقَدَّسَہ, اَرْضِ مُقَدَّسَہ
- دَیارِ مُقَدَّسَہ (dayār-e-muqaddasa)that part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
- اَرْضِ مُقَدَّسَہ (arẓ-e muqaddasa)that part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
Vietnamese Đất Thánh
- Đất Thánhthat part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set
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APA
Holy Land. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Holy%20Land
MLA
“Holy Land.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Holy%20Land. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Holy Land,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Holy%20Land.
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