from sea to shining sea

English edit

Etymology edit

Originally used in the charters of some of the English colonies in North America.

Prepositional phrase edit

from sea to shining sea

(US, poetic) From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

See also edit

manifest destiny

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