homeland

[hohm-land, -luh nd]

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noun

one's native land.
a region created or considered as a state by or for a people of a particular ethnic origin: the Palestinian homeland.
any of the thirteen racially and ethnically based regions created in South Africa by the South African government as nominally independent tribal ministates to which blacks are assigned.

Origin of homeland

First recorded in 1660–70; home + land

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Related Words for homeland

motherland, home

Examples from the Web for homeland

Contemporary Examples of homeland

This is a blow against freedom of speech, we were told, by the likes of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead
Luke O’Neil
January 8, 2015
Or will we simply see more senseless bloodshed and another generation of Palestinians defer their dreams of a homeland?
In the Middle East, the Two-State Solution Is Dead
Dean Obeidallah
January 2, 2015
Of course there are times when actual CIA practice would have been different from that portrayed in Homeland.
CIA Agents Assess: How Real Is ‘Homeland’?
Chuck Cogan, John MacGaffin
December 15, 2014
Finally, John has been a consultant to Homeland throughout this season.
CIA Agents Assess: How Real Is ‘Homeland’?
Chuck Cogan, John MacGaffin
December 15, 2014
The US Department of Homeland Security placed Saravia on it's wanted list when the former Modesto, CA., resident went into hiding.
Bringing El Salvador Nun Killers to Justice
Raymond Bonner
November 10, 2014

Historical Examples of homeland

I wish the book might be read by all the Christians in the homeland.
Things as They Are
Amy Wilson-Carmichael
Might he not be the bearer of important and good news from the homeland?
Murder Point
Coningsby Dawson
I send them all my compliments from the homeland, and ask the reader, if he will, to do likewise.
The Great White Tribe in Filipinia
Paul T. Gilbert
The homeland seemed strange at first, but they soon got used to things.
Have We No Rights?
Mabel Williamson
Young fellow only thirty, dying so far away from his homeland.
Each Man Kills
Victoria Glad

British Dictionary definitions for homeland

homeland

noun

the country in which one lives or was born
the official name for a Bantustan

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Word Origin and History for homeland

1660s, from home (n.) + land (n.). Old English hamland meant "enclosed pasture."