What does Homeland mean?

Definitions for Homeland
ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -ləndhome·land

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Homeland.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native landnoun

    the country where you were born

Wiktionary

  1. homelandnoun

    One's country of residence.

  2. homelandnoun

    One's country of birth.

  3. homelandnoun

    The traditional territory of an ethnic group.

  4. homelandnoun

    An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.

Wikipedia

  1. Homeland

    A homeland is a place where a cultural, national, or racial identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. When used as a proper noun, the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethnic nationalist connotations. A homeland may also be referred to as a fatherland, a motherland, or a mother country, depending on the culture and language of the nationality in question.

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  1. homeland

    A homeland refers to the country or region where a person was born, grew up, or has a significant emotional connection. This can also refer to the native land or native country of a group of people, such as a particular nation, tribe, or ethnic group.

Wikidata

  1. Homeland

    A homeland is the concept of the place to which an ethnic group holds a long history and a deep cultural association with —the country in which a particular national identity began. As a common noun, it simply connotes the country of one's origin. When used as a proper noun, the word, as well as its equivalents in other languages often have ethnic nationalist connotations. A homeland may also be referred to as a fatherland, a motherland, or a mother country, depending on the culture and language of the nationality in question.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. homeland

    The physical region that includes the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, United States possessions and territories, and surrounding territorial waters and airspace.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Homeland in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Homeland in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Homeland in a Sentence

  1. Will Hurd:

    I was in the CIA for almost a decade, i was the dude in the back alleys at 4 oclock in the morning collecting intelligence on threats to the homeland.

  2. Mitch McConnell:

    Today's Democrat Party seems willing to go to any extreme to protect the kind of executive overreach President Obama once described as 'not how our democracy functions' -- even to block Homeland Security funding to get its way.

  3. The Cuban-born Mayorkas:

    The principles of homeland and security have been tremendously important in shaping my life. My father and mother brought me to this country to escape communism and to provide me with the security, opportunity and pride that American citizenship brings to each of us.

  4. Gary Johnson:

    There are constitutional limits to that, but if you were to wave a magic wand, there are a number of departments that come up: Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Homeland Security.

  5. Kahlil Gibran:

    A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.

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