This is an unnamed land near the land Bountiful. Due to the practice of naming a land by the same name as the primary city in the land, there is also presumed to be a city in the land. The land near Bountiful was next to the land Bountiful and southward of the land Bountiful.
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HELAMAN 2:38 [4:5]: And in the fifty and seventh year, they did come down against the Nephites to battle; and they did commence the work of death; yea, insomuch that in the fifty and eighth year of the reign of the Judges, they succeeded in obtaining possession of the land of Zarahemla: yea, and also all the lands, even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful;
Commentary: This verse references the places of Bountiful, the land near Bountiful, and Zarahemla. The term 'they' refers to dissenters that left the Nephites to join the Lamanites. The Lamanites went to Zarahemla (from the south) to a land near the land Bountiful (northward of Zarahemla). The phrase 'yea, and also all the lands, even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful' means that there is more than one land between the land of Zarahemla and the land near Bountiful. Lands northward of the land of Zarahemla and generally between the land of Zarahemla and the land Bountiful are the lands of Noah, Sidom, Laman, Josh, Gad, Kishkumen, Angola, and David. Of all of these cities and lands, the closest to the land Bountiful were Noah and David. The city of Jacobugath would eventually be northward of the land of Zarahemla, but had not been established at this point in time. The term 'near' indicates the land near Bountiful is next to the land Bountiful. Since it was between the land Bountiful and the land of Zarahemla, it would be southward of the land Bountiful.
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