holy land

Questions about holy land

What does holy land mean?

holy land means "an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism".

What is another word for holy land?

Close synonyms include Palestine, Canaan, Promised Land. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is holy land a common word?

holy land is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.