Morning-land
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The Orient; the East. dated, poetic
"Where old Nile is everflowing, / And the Sphynx with heavy lids / Sits by ruins grim and sombre — / Onward to the Pyramids. […] Far in Morning Land I wandered / Where the summers never cease, / And Romance's golden waters / Ever run and murmur peace."
Example
More examples"Where old Nile is everflowing, / And the Sphynx with heavy lids / Sits by ruins grim and sombre — / Onward to the Pyramids. […] Far in Morning Land I wandered / Where the summers never cease, / And Romance's golden waters / Ever run and murmur peace."
Etymology
From morning + land, translating German Morgenland, Luther's translation of Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “(sun-)rising”).
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