за тридевять земель (za tridevyat' zemel')
Meaning: An extremely distant, remote place; somewhere impossibly far away.
Language: Russian
Literally: beyond three-times-nine lands
Category: Nature
Origin: The phrase uses the Russian fairy-tale formula 'за тридевять земель' (beyond thrice-nine lands) to evoke the boundless distance of magical realms in folk narratives.
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