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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The biblical region of Palestine.

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  • proper noun That part of Asia, consisting mostly of Israel and Palestine, in which most Biblical events are set.

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  • noun an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism

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Examples

  • Once again, the place they call the Holy Land is Ground Zero.

    RJ Eskow: In the Year of Our Conscience 2009 2008

  • Once again, the place they call the Holy Land is Ground Zero.

    Night Light 2009

  • Once again, the place they call the Holy Land is Ground Zero.

    Night Light 2009

  • Once again, the place they call the Holy Land is Ground Zero.

    The Hollywood Liberal 2009

  • "We long desperately for a situation in what many of us call the Holy Land where people can live in peace and in security," Tutu told journalists.

    News24 2008

  • For his last book, Carter was denounced by some as an anti-Semite and the best friend of terrorists; nevertheless, he accomplished what he set out to do: namely, to provoke a lively debate on this central foreign policy question of how to foster peace in what he calls the Holy Land (i.e.,

    unknown title 2009

  • A Peace Plan for the Holy Land is now being distributed to Christian leaders, here and in the Holy Land, which is based on the Old Testament, New Testament and Qur'an.

    The planet needs peace NOW 2009

  • The Holy Land was a lot farther away from their day to day life than the religious war that is on the edge breaking out right here at home, in racially and religiously mixed America.

    Current Comedy, 6/2/09: Marseilles 1212 2009

  • Mari dominated the area now known as the Holy Land until it fell to the armies of Hammurabi in 1700 B.C.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008

  • I am flaming mad at my government and pathetic mainstream media who do not tell the truth about what is really going down in the Holy Land, which is all in pieces; Bantustans!

    Telling the Truth at Ben Gurion 2007

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