distant shores
Lands across oceans
Distant shores evokes faraway places, typically across oceans or seas.
The phrase carries romantic or wistful connotations—adventure, longing, or escape: He dreamed of sailing to distant shores.
It often appears in poetry, songs, and travel writing to suggest places beyond ordinary reach, whether literal coastlines or metaphorical destinations.
- farawayAt great distance
- far awayAt considerable distance
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- voyageJourney by sea
- setting sailStarting a sea journey
open sea · ocean · coastline · across the water · wanderlust · exile · longing · seafarer · foreign · foreign lands · unknown · beaches · journey · paradise · port of call · tropical · homecoming · yonder
- remote placesremote, far, faraway, afar, far away
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- getawaysvacation, holiday, trip, getaway, escape
- landsfarmland, grassland, wetland, marshland, parkland
- poetic phrasesonce upon a time, happily ever after, star-crossed lovers, sweet sorrow, eternal flame
- medieval travel literatureMarco Polo, Canterbury Tales, pilgrimage, travelogues, travelers' tales
distant shoreshome
One's personal residence
native land · homeland · home port · motherland · fatherland
distant shoreshome
One's personal residence
homeland · motherland · fatherland · home turf · native soil
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