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    HOLY LAND

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaismplay

    Synonyms:

    Canaan; Holy Land; Palestine; Promised Land

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

    Meronyms (parts of "Holy Land"):

    Juda; Judah (an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center)

    Judaea; Judea (the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ)

    Samaria (an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan)

    Philistia (an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times)

    Jordan; Jordan River (a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan)

    Domain member region:

    chebab (a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis)

    Holonyms ("Holy Land" is a part of...):

    Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)

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