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Definition: Promised Land |
Promised LandNoun1. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism. 2. The goal towards which Christians strive. 3. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Promised Land or Land of Promise. Canaan; so called because God promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that their offspring should possess it. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Promised Land is a town located in Greenwood County, South Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 559.Geography
Promised Land is located at 34°7'53" North, 82°14'18" West (34.131494, -82.238210)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.1 km² (1.6 mi²). 4.1 km² (1.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 559 people, 184 households, and 142 families residing in the town. The population density is 136.6/km² (354.7/mi²). There are 197 housing units at an average density of 48.1/km² (125.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 2.86% White, 95.89% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.89% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races. 1.07% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 184 households out of which 31.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% are married couples living together, 22.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% are non-families. 20.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.04 and the average family size is 3.55. In the town the population is spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 82.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 77.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $40,288, and the median income for a family is $42,212. Males have a median income of $22,431 versus $25,000 for females. The per capita income for the town is $11,630. 18.4% of the population and 16.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.8% are under the age of 18 and 35.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Promised Land, South Carolina."
Synonyms: Promised LandSynonyms: eden (n), heaven (n), nirvana (n), paradise (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Promised Land |
| English words defined with "Promised Land": Abraham ♦ Jericho, Joshua, Josue ♦ Rastafarianism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Promised Land": Jordan Passed ♦ MOSES ♦ Sethur. (references) |
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Lyrics | She's looking for her promised land (Birmingham; performing artist: Amanda Marshall) Looking at the promise of the Promised Land (Only In America; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn) Forgiveness is the promised land (Between You And Me; performing artist: DC Talk) I'll take you to the promised land (Hold My Hand; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish) Preachin' 'bout the promised land (Something To Believe In; performing artist: Poison) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Promised Land (1925) Promised Land (1996) On Promised Land (1994) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | In the promised land : man on horse. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Viewing the Promised Land!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. |
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Guided by the ancient vision of a promised land, let us set our sights upon a land of new promise. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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| Language | Translations for "Promised Land"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | أرض واعدة, أرض خصبة (fertile soil), أرض الميعاد. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | обетована земя (canaan). (various references) | |
Finnish | luvattu maa. (various references) | |
French | terre promise. (various references) | |
Greek | γη τησ απαγγελίασ. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omisedpray andlay.(various references) | |
Russian | обетованная земля. (various references) | |
Spanish | tierra de promisión. (various references) | |
Turkish | vâdedilmiş topraklar (land of promise, zion), hedef (aim, blank, bourn, Bourne, butt, clout, cock-shy, destination, goal, home, intention, land of promise, Mark, object, objective, purpose, rover, target, terminus), filistin (holy land, land of promise, Palestine, palestinian), erek (aim, drift, end, goal, ideal, intention, land of promise, objective, terminus). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-i-l-m-n-o-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: palindromes. | |
-2 letters: impersonal, normalised, palindrome, prolamines. | |
-3 letters: almonries, diplomaed, dopamines, endoplasm, melanoids, middorsal, moralised, normalise, palinodes, polarised, pomanders, poniarded, prolamine, prolamins, romanised. | |
-4 letters: adenoids, ailerons, alienors, almoners, amidones, androids, aneroids, daimones, dandlers, darioles, dermoids, diamonds, diaspore, diplomas, disarmed, dismaler, displode, dispread, dolmades, dopamine, dropsied, earldoms, episomal, impalers, impanels, impearls, impleads, imploded, implodes, implored, implores. | |
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