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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 celestial city
 天國

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ce·les·tial a.
 1. Belonging to the aërial regions, or visible heavens. “The twelve celestial signs.”
 2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.  Celestial spirits.” Celestial light,”
 3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
 Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. --Bunyan.
 Celestial empire, China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Celestial City
      n : phrases used to refer to Heaven; "the Celestial City was
          Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'" [syn:
          City of God, Heavenly City, Holy City]