HOMELAND

fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land

(noun) the country where you were born

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

homeland (plural homelands)

The country that one regards as home.

One's country of residence.

One's country of birth.

The traditional territory of an ethnic group.

(South Africa, historical) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.

Synonym: bantustan

Hypernyms

• land

Anagrams

• Holdeman

Proper noun

Homeland

A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.

Source: Wiktionary

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