oasis
Synonyms for country:
- Other synonyms
- bottomland, dust bowl, death valley, salt flats, badlands, moonscape, Birdsville Track, mirage, desert, harbour, harbor, haven, seaport.
Usage examples :
-
In all lives now and then an oasis is liable to fall.
"Comic History of the United States", Bill Nye. -
They even argued as to whether the oasis lay to our right or to our left, for their poor heads were so confused that they were scarcely capable of accurate thought or observation.
"Queen Sheba's Ring", H. Rider Haggard. -
This sin- darkened world is dotted here and there by beautiful Christian lives, which are to the world's weary wastes what the oasis is to the parched desert.
"Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians", Charles Ebert Orr. -
That means their oasis is not far.
"The Flying Legion", George Allan England.