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1. (n.) homeland
one's native land.
2. homeland
a region created or considered as a state by or for a particular ethnic group:
the Palestinian homeland.
3. homeland
any of the racially and ethnically based regions created in South Africa by the government as nominally independent tribal states.
Etymology: (1660–70)
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| Definition of 'homeland' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land
the country where you were born
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1. (noun) homeland
the country sb was born in
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| Definition of 'homeland' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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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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Sense: a person's native land
Immigrants often weep for their homeland.
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 Afrikaans: vaderland, moederland |
 Arabic: وَطَن |
 Bulgarian: родина |
 Brazilian: terra natal |
 Czech: vlast |
 German: das Heimatland |
 Danish: fødeland; hjemland |
 Greek: πατρίδα |
 Spanish: patria, tierra natal |
 Estonian: kodumaa |
 Farsi: وطن |
 Finnish: kotimaa |
 French: patrie |
 Hebrew: מוֹלֶדֶת |
 Hindi: स्वदेश |
 Croatian: domovina |
 Hungarian: szülőföld |
 Indonesian: tanah leluhur |
 Icelandic: ættjörð, föðurland |
 Italian: terra natia, patria |
 Japanese: 故国 |
 Korean: 고국 |
 Lithuanian: tėvynė |
 Latvian: dzimtene; dzimtā zeme |
 Malay: kampung halaman |
 Dutch: moederland |
 Norwegian: fedre-/hjemland |
 Polish: ojczyzna |
 Persian: وطن |
 Pashto: ټاټوبی، وطن |
 Portuguese: terra natal |
 Romanian: patrie |
 Russian: родина |
 Slovak: vlasť |
 Slovenian: domovina |
 Serbian: domovina |
 Swedish: hemland |
 Thai: บ้านเกิด |
 Turkish: ana yurt, ana vatan |
 Taiwanese: 祖國 |
 Ukrainian: батьківщина, вітчизна |
 Urdu: آبائی وطن |
 Vietnamese: quê hương; tổ quốc |
 Chinese: 祖国 |
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