God's country

noun

1. an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
2. an isolated rural area.
3. one's native region.

Word History and Origins

Origin of God's country¹

1860–65; Americanism

Example Sentences

It’s a full-body immersion into the post-grunge hard rock of the late ’90s and early 2000s from one of Nashville’s most successful songwriters: a five-time Academy of Country Music Award winner whose many hits include Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country,” Florida Georgia Line’s “Simple,” Chris Lane’s “I Don’t Know About You” and “More Than My Hometown” and “Sand in My Boots,” both by Morgan Wallen.

From Los Angeles Times

But at Stagecoach this year, your audience started chanting “U-S-A” as you sang “God’s Country.”

From Los Angeles Times

It came as the songwriter-turned-artist sang “God’s Country,” the 2019 hit he penned for Blake Shelton, and it was intense.

From Los Angeles Times

For Christian nationalists, this is God’s country, and all authority comes through God.

From Salon

Throughout the summer of 2020, and for most of the pandemic, the “Lonely Planet,” “Private Eyes,” “God’s Country” and “Fiction” scribe had been working on an adaptation of his play “Shooting Star” with his good friend Kirk Lynn.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• country of origin
• homeland