Holy Land
The Holy Land or Holy Lands is a generic term that usually refers to one or more countries in the Middle East, specifically the Levant, that witnessed the origins and early history of three of the world's great monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
- Term
- Description: Denotes areas of the Southern Levant that hold great significance in the Abrahamic religions, primarily because of their association with people and events featured in the Bible.
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude of center
30.89° or 30° 53′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
34.87° or 34° 52′ 12″ east
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Holy Land” goes by many names.
Heilige LandAfrikaans
Toka e ShenjtëAlbanian
الأراضي المقدسةArabic
الأرض المقدسةArabic
الديارArabic
الديار المقدسةArabic
Սուրբ ԵրկիրArmenian
Tierra SantaAsturian
Müqəddəs torpaqlarAzerbaijani
Lur SantuaBasque
Lur SantuakBasque
Lurralde SantuaBasque
Lurralde SantuakBasque
Святая зямляBelarusian
পবিত্র ভূমিBengali
Douar SantelBreton
Свети земиBulgarian
Светите земиBulgarian
Светите местаBulgarian
Terra SantaCatalan
ארץ הקודשCentral Kurdish
خاکی پیرۆزCentral Kurdish
圣土Chinese
聖地Chinese
聖地 (亞洲)Chinese
聖地 (巴勒斯坦)Chinese
Сăваплă çĕрChuvash
Таса çĕрChuvash
Sveta ZemljaCroatian
Svatá zeměCzech
Země zaslíbenáCzech
Det hellige landDanish
Hellige landDanish
OutremerDanish
Herrê firaziDimli (individual language)
Heilig LandDutch
Heilige LandDutch
Het Heilige LandDutch
الارض المقدسهEgyptian Arabic
Sankta LandoEsperanto
Sankta TeroEsperanto
Püha maaEstonian
Pyhä maaFinnish
Terra SantaGalician
წმინდა მიწაGeorgian
Άγιοι ΤόποιGreek
Ƙasa mai TsarkiHausa
ארץ הקודשHebrew
קדושת ארץ ישראלHebrew
पवित्र भूमिHindi
SzentföldHungarian
Landið helgaIcelandic
Tanah SuciIndonesian
An Talamh NaofaIrish
Luoghi SantiItalian
Terra SantaItalian
聖なる国Japanese
聖地Japanese
聖都Japanese
거룩한 땅Korean
Svētā vietaLatvian
Svētā zemeLatvian
Šventoji žemėLithuanian
Terra SantaLombard
Hillig LandLow German
Света земјаMacedonian
Tany MasinaMalagasy
Tanah SuciMalay
تررا سانتاMazanderani
Tanah SuciMinangkabau
Tanö Amabu’ulaNias
Det hellige landNorwegian
Det hellige landNorwegian Bokmål
Det Hellige LandetNorwegian Bokmål
Hellige landNorwegian Bokmål
Hellige LandetNorwegian Bokmål
Det heilage landetNorwegian Nynorsk
Hellige landNorwegian Nynorsk
Tèrra SantaOccitan (post 1500)
Hālig LandOld English (ca. 450-1100)
Hālige LandOld English (ca. 450-1100)
PalestineOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ارض اقدسPersian
سرزمین مقدسPersian
Sainte TièrePicard
Ziemia ŚwiętaPolish
Țara SfântăRomanian
Terra SanctaRomanian
Святая земляRussian
מקומות קדושיםRussian
Свята земляRusyn
Света земљаSerbian
Sveta ZemljaSerbo-Croatian
Terra SantaSicilian
Svätá zemSlovak
Zasľúbená zemSlovak
Sveta deželaSlovenian
Nchi takatifuSwahili
Det förlovade landetSwedish
Det heliga landetSwedish
Heliga landetSwedish
Heiliges LandSwiss German
S Häilige LandSwiss German
திருநாடுTamil
புண்ணிய பூமிTamil
விவிலியத் திருநாடுTamil
Holy LandThai
ดินแดนศักดิ์สิทธิ์Thai
ดินแดนอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์Thai
แผ่นดินศักดิ์สิทธิ์Thai
Kutsal TopraklarTurkish
Свята земляUkrainian
ارضِ مقدسہUrdu
دیارِ مقدسہUrdu
Đất ThánhVietnamese
Baraan nga KatunaanWaray (Philippines)
Y Wlad SanctaiddWelsh
ارض مقدسہWestern Panjabi
圣地（地区）Wu Chinese
Сибэтиэй сирYakut
聖地Yue Chinese
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