jericho
n. uncountablen. a very long distance or a place that feels extremely far away. You use it to describe a journey that seems like it will never end.
n. a remote or distant place, often used figuratively to describe an extensive journey or a location far from one's current position. Derived from the biblical city, it functions as a metaphor for extreme distance.
I had to walk all the way to Jericho to find a taxi.
The new office is out in Jericho, so my morning commute now takes over two hours each way.
By the time we reached the outskirts of the city, we felt as though we had traveled to Jericho and back, exhausted by the sheer scale of the detour.
From Middle English Iericho, from Old English Iericho, from Latin Ierīchō, from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (yərīḥō), recorded early as Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎃 (yrḫ). Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5.
Typically used in the phrase 'from here to Jericho' or 'out in Jericho' to emphasize distance.