The Holy Land (9)
I believe the answer is:
palestine
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the holy land</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for palestine that I've seen before include "territory under dispute" , "Penalties on region once known as Canaan" , "in the Middle East" , "The historic Holy Land in neat piles" , "Region deriving its name from the Philistines" .)