heartlandn.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːtlənd/,

/ˈhɑːtland/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrtˌlænd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heart n., land n.¹

Etymology: < heart n. + land n.¹

1. poetic. A place where love resides; the heart.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > seat of love or affections

heartOE

heartland1634

1634 tr. S. Luzvic & E. Binet Devout Hart 239 What slookst thou then, o poore hartland tremblest at the multitude of euils, which enuirone thee and beset thee round.

1853 Friends' Intelligencer 26 Nov. 571/1 Most sweetly the flowers are blooming above, Transplanted from earth to the heart-land of love, And birds of the brightest, with melody rare, Mingle their notes in harmony there.

1881 E. W. Benson Let. 17 Oct. in A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson (1899) I. 510 Time to cast out any habit of thought or feeling which has troubled your peace and stood in the least between God and you. We must cut the Canaanite quite out of our Heart-land.

2010 J. M. Johnson When Love Ends 180 It's a new season in your heartland. It's time to remember joy.

a. The inner part of a country, region, or area, esp. in contrast to coastal areas or when regarded as important or powerful. Also in plural in same sense. In the geopolitical theory of Sir Halford Mackinder (1861–1947): spec. referring to the political power of north-central Eurasia. Cf. rimland n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > central

middle-landc1325

Midland1555

heartland1903

1903 Geogr. Teacher 2 125 Boston may be thus summarized to illustrate geographical principles: Firstly, the germ, the harbour, the centre of expansion; next, the heart-land, the basin, with its limits and want of security.

1904 H. J. Mackinder in Geogr. Jrnl. 23 434 But trans-continental railways are now transmuting the conditions of land-power, and nowhere can they have such effect as in the closed heart-land of Euro-Asia.

1919 H. J. Mackinder Democratic Ideals & Reality 96 Taken together, the regions of Arctic and Continental drainage measure nearly a half of Asia and a quarter of Europe, and form a great continuous patch in the north and centre of the continent..inaccessible to navigation from the ocean... Let us call this great region the Heartland of the Continent.

1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four ii. 189 The territory which forms the heartland of each superstate always remains inviolate.

1968 J. E. Powell & K. Wallis House of Lords in Middle Ages viii. 123 King John planned a concerted attack on the French heartland from east and west.

1972 T. McHugh Time of Buffalo xii. 145 We rented two snowplanes for a trip into the snow-bound heartland of Yellowstone Park.

1988 D. Martin in L. Greenfeld & M. Martin Center iii. 29 If you take the geopolitical heartlands of the northern plains of Europe as a center, then Ireland and England..lie at the periphery.

2001 M. Huband Skull beneath Skin ii. 47 The rail track that had once linked the heartland with the coast.

b. spec. The central states of the United States, esp. regarded as representing traditional social attitudes and moderately conservative politics. Also: the residents of this region (cf. Middle America n. 3). Also with capital initial. Also in plural. Frequently attributive, as heartland America, heartland values, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > central states

Midland1785

heartland1945

1945 J. T. Flanagan Amer. is West (title of chapter) From the heartland.

1945 Washington Post 22 June 1/7 The heartland of America gave..Eisenhower an uproarious homecoming today as he came back to his native Middlewest.

1968 Life 18 Oct. 26 In heartland America..conversation often takes the form of ritual.

1969 Atlantic Oct. 18/1 A Republican Party based in the ‘Heartland’ (Midwest), West, and South can and should co-opt the Wallace vote.

1970 N.Y. Mag. Feb. 58/2 Heartland Americans dispatched a small breakfast before church, then promenaded home for a mighty Sunday dinner.

1990 R. Goldberg & G. J. Goldberg Anchors xvi. 228 CBS reporters..tromped across the heartland—knee-deep in cow flop—in search of moments, and good ratings.

2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 6/3 She frames her plea with an eye to the prejudices of those she needs to convince—..the suspicious and worried heartlands where liberal arguments are not going to appeal.

2007 R. Sisson et al. Amer. Midwest 1027/2 In the nineteenth century an array of native-born and immigrant peoples coalesced in the Midwest to form a family farm culture that became the bedrock of the heartland values we associate with the region even today.

3. In extended use: a region which is especially important to or associated with a particular activity, organization, or ideology. Also in plural in same sense.

ΚΠ

1944 Flying Aug. 23/1 In this phase of bombing the German industrial heartland the Army Air Forces flew more than a quarter million bombing sorties.

1966 New Statesman 13 May 674/3 Mr Heath..is right to make the attempt even if it means some ill-feeling in the Conservative heartlands.

1980 Church Times 4 Jan. 10 We might well ask why Islam in its heartlands is developing its antibodies against cultural Westernisation.

2005 A. Harvey Football iii. 62 During the 1840s the North was the heartland of football, far surpassing the South.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heartland
释义	heartlandn. Brit. /ˈhɑːtlənd/, /ˈhɑːtland/, U.S. /ˈhɑrtˌlænd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heart n., land n.¹ Etymology: < heart n. + land n.¹ 1. poetic. A place where love resides; the heart. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > seat of love or affections heartOE heartland1634 1634 tr. S. Luzvic & E. Binet Devout Hart 239 What slookst thou then, o poore hartland tremblest at the multitude of euils, which enuirone thee and beset thee round. 1853 Friends' Intelligencer 26 Nov. 571/1 Most sweetly the flowers are blooming above, Transplanted from earth to the heart-land of love, And birds of the brightest, with melody rare, Mingle their notes in harmony there. 1881 E. W. Benson Let. 17 Oct. in A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson (1899) I. 510 Time to cast out any habit of thought or feeling which has troubled your peace and stood in the least between God and you. We must cut the Canaanite quite out of our Heart-land. 2010 J. M. Johnson When Love Ends 180 It's a new season in your heartland. It's time to remember joy. 2. a. The inner part of a country, region, or area, esp. in contrast to coastal areas or when regarded as important or powerful. Also in plural in same sense. In the geopolitical theory of Sir Halford Mackinder (1861–1947): spec. referring to the political power of north-central Eurasia. Cf. rimland n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > central middle-landc1325 Midland1555 heartland1903 1903 Geogr. Teacher 2 125 Boston may be thus summarized to illustrate geographical principles: Firstly, the germ, the harbour, the centre of expansion; next, the heart-land, the basin, with its limits and want of security. 1904 H. J. Mackinder in Geogr. Jrnl. 23 434 But trans-continental railways are now transmuting the conditions of land-power, and nowhere can they have such effect as in the closed heart-land of Euro-Asia. 1919 H. J. Mackinder Democratic Ideals & Reality 96 Taken together, the regions of Arctic and Continental drainage measure nearly a half of Asia and a quarter of Europe, and form a great continuous patch in the north and centre of the continent..inaccessible to navigation from the ocean... Let us call this great region the Heartland of the Continent. 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four ii. 189 The territory which forms the heartland of each superstate always remains inviolate. 1968 J. E. Powell & K. Wallis House of Lords in Middle Ages viii. 123 King John planned a concerted attack on the French heartland from east and west. 1972 T. McHugh Time of Buffalo xii. 145 We rented two snowplanes for a trip into the snow-bound heartland of Yellowstone Park. 1988 D. Martin in L. Greenfeld & M. Martin Center iii. 29 If you take the geopolitical heartlands of the northern plains of Europe as a center, then Ireland and England..lie at the periphery. 2001 M. Huband Skull beneath Skin ii. 47 The rail track that had once linked the heartland with the coast. b. spec. The central states of the United States, esp. regarded as representing traditional social attitudes and moderately conservative politics. Also: the residents of this region (cf. Middle America n. 3). Also with capital initial. Also in plural. Frequently attributive, as heartland America, heartland values, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > central states Midland1785 heartland1945 1945 J. T. Flanagan Amer. is West (title of chapter) From the heartland. 1945 Washington Post 22 June 1/7 The heartland of America gave..Eisenhower an uproarious homecoming today as he came back to his native Middlewest. 1968 Life 18 Oct. 26 In heartland America..conversation often takes the form of ritual. 1969 Atlantic Oct. 18/1 A Republican Party based in the ‘Heartland’ (Midwest), West, and South can and should co-opt the Wallace vote. 1970 N.Y. Mag. Feb. 58/2 Heartland Americans dispatched a small breakfast before church, then promenaded home for a mighty Sunday dinner. 1990 R. Goldberg & G. J. Goldberg Anchors xvi. 228 CBS reporters..tromped across the heartland—knee-deep in cow flop—in search of moments, and good ratings. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 6/3 She frames her plea with an eye to the prejudices of those she needs to convince—..the suspicious and worried heartlands where liberal arguments are not going to appeal. 2007 R. Sisson et al. Amer. Midwest 1027/2 In the nineteenth century an array of native-born and immigrant peoples coalesced in the Midwest to form a family farm culture that became the bedrock of the heartland values we associate with the region even today. 3. In extended use: a region which is especially important to or associated with a particular activity, organization, or ideology. Also in plural in same sense. ΚΠ 1944 Flying Aug. 23/1 In this phase of bombing the German industrial heartland the Army Air Forces flew more than a quarter million bombing sorties. 1966 New Statesman 13 May 674/3 Mr Heath..is right to make the attempt even if it means some ill-feeling in the Conservative heartlands. 1980 Church Times 4 Jan. 10 We might well ask why Islam in its heartlands is developing its antibodies against cultural Westernisation. 2005 A. Harvey Football iii. 62 During the 1840s the North was the heartland of football, far surpassing the South. 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