homeland

[ hohm-land, -luhnd ]

noun

1. one's native land.
2. a region created or considered as a state by or for a people of a particular ethnic origin:

   the Palestinian homeland.

3. 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 Black people were formerly assigned.

homeland

/ ˈhəʊmˌlænd /

noun

1. the country in which one lives or was born
2. See Bantustan
   the official name for a Bantustan

Word History and Origins

Origin of homeland¹

First recorded in 1660–70; home + land

Example Sentences

I think they both relate to our homeland security and our economy as well.

From Ozy

As the outgoing San Diego City Council was winding down last month, it signed off on a grant application for homeland security dollars.

From Voice of San Diego

Instead, the various projects and pieces of equipment are scored and ranked in proportion to how well they conform to the region’s homeland security goals.

From Voice of San Diego

“We have our own state laws that we need to be consistent with,” said Kevin Klein, director of Colorado’s division of homeland security and emergency management.

From Fortune

Early on, he naively planned to drive across his new homeland in his gifted Volga.

From Washington Post

This is a blow against freedom of speech, we were told, by the likes of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson.

From The Daily Beast

Or will we simply see more senseless bloodshed and another generation of Palestinians defer their dreams of a homeland?

From The Daily Beast

What is important is the success Homeland has in capturing the core of the business.

From The Daily Beast

Of course there are times when actual CIA practice would have been different from that portrayed in Homeland.

From The Daily Beast

Finally, John has been a consultant to Homeland throughout this season.

From The Daily Beast

They will thank God that they have come to prevent such a devastation on the soil of their own homeland.

From Project Gutenberg

We have had two most thoroughly enjoyable furloughs in the homeland, during our missionary life.

From Project Gutenberg

Civil wars broke out and internal struggles caused the invasions to fall back to the homeland.

From Project Gutenberg

The homeland of the Indo-Europeans must have supported a large population to send out all the tribes which went out from it.

From Project Gutenberg

Salaam, indeed, O happy little folk of my own homeland across the seas!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• motherland