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Meaning of Holy Land | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. That part of the Middle East, consisting mostly of Israel and Palestine, in which most Biblical events are set.
    Judaism
  2. The Seven Dials area of London, England.
    UK, obsolete, slang

Equivalents

العربية اَلْأَرْض اَلْمُقَدَّسَة
Deutsch Heiliges Land
Ελληνικά Άγιοι Τόποι
Español Tierra Santa
Suomi Pyhä maa
Français terre sainte
Gaeilge An Talamh Naofa An Tír Bheannaithe
हिन्दी धर्मभूमि पुण्यभूमि
Հայերեն Սուրբ Երկիր
Italiano terra santa Terrasanta
日本語 聖地
한국어 성지
Nederlands Heilig Land
Polski Ziemia Święta
Português Terra Santa
Русский Свята́я земля́
Svenska det heliga landet
اردو دیار مقدسہ
Tiếng Việt Đất Thánh thánh địa

Examples

“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⟳”.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Holy Lander Holy League Holy Loch holy man Holy Mary holy matrimony

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