from sea to shining sea

English

Etymology

Originally used in the charters of some of the English colonies in North America. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Prepositional phrase

from sea to shining sea

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

See also

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