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(hoʊmlænd)
Word forms: plural homelands
1. countable noun [usually poss NOUN]
Your homeland is your native country.
[mainly written]
Many are planning to return to their homeland.
Synonyms: native land, birthplace, motherland, fatherland More Synonyms of homeland
2. countable noun
The homelands were regions within South Africa in which black South Africans had a limited form of self-government.

homeland in British English

(ˈhəʊmˌlænd)
noun
1. 
the country in which one lives or was born
2.  the official name for a Bantustan

homeland in American English

(ˈhoʊmˌlænd; ˈhoʊmlənd)
noun
1. 
the country in which one was born or makes one's home
2. 
a country or region into which people of a specified group have relocated or may relocate, regarded as their ancestral land

Examples of 'homeland' in a sentence
homeland

Images of their son's rugged ancestral homeland were beamed into millions of American homes before the election.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This cannot be a substitute for one of the most basic of human rights - to live in one 's homeland.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The former schoolteacher is already a national hero in his adopted homeland.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The table is misleading because it excludes the independent homelands.
Tomlinson, Richard Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa (1990)
The family returned to an independent homeland.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
At immigration the homeland security officer looked me up and down and studied my passport with extra care.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Then she frowned and told me my file was being referred to homeland security because my name appeared on a list.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Now 320,000 live in their ancestral homeland.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But he fears that his adopted country and homeland do not and argues that this holds back the technology industry and their economies.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He has failed a driving test despite holding an American licence as well as one from his homeland.
The Sun (2008)
The destruction of our nations, homelands and security so that the rich can own and control us.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In their adopted homeland, the family was forced to change their names and survive incognito on more limited means.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
All of which and more I encountered on my childhood visits to my ancestral homeland.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It covers a range of high-tech radar, radios and command systems used in electronic warfare and for homeland security.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The German defender has made no secret of his desire to return to his homeland after just one season at Eastlands.
The Sun (2011)

In other languages
homeland

British English: homeland /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/ NOUN
Your homeland is your native country.
Many people are planning to return to their homeland.
  • American English: homeland
  • Arabic: مَوْطِن
  • Brazilian Portuguese: terra natal
  • Chinese: 祖国
  • Croatian: domovina
  • Czech: vlast
  • Danish: hjemland
  • Dutch: geboorteland
  • European Spanish: patria
  • Finnish: kotimaa
  • French: patrie
  • German: Heimatland
  • Greek: γενέτειρα
  • Italian: patria
  • Japanese: 祖国
  • Korean: 고국
  • Norwegian: hjemland
  • Polish: ojczyzna
  • European Portuguese: terra natal
  • Romanian: țară de origine
  • Russian: отечество
  • Latin American Spanish: patria
  • Swedish: hemland
  • Thai: บ้านเกิดเมืองนอน
  • Turkish: anavatan
  • Ukrainian: батьківщина
  • Vietnamese: tổ quốc

Chinese translation of 'homeland'

homeland

(ˈhəumlænd)

n (c)

  1. 祖国(國) (zǔguó) (个(個), gè)
(noun) 
Definition
the country from which the ancestors of a person or group came
Many are planning to return to their homeland.
Synonyms
native land
birthplace
Athens, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics
motherland
Central to our belief is a love for the motherland.
fatherland
They served the fatherland in its hour of need.
country of origin
mother country
Godzone (Australian, informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of birthplace
Definition
the place where someone was born or where something originated
Athens, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics
Synonyms
native land,
homeland,
cradle,
fatherland,
whenua (New Zealand),
Godzone (Australian, informal)
in the sense of fatherland
Definition
a person's native country
They served the fatherland in its hour of need.
Synonyms
homeland,
motherland,
old country,
native land,
land of your birth,
land of your fathers,
whenua (New Zealand),
Godzone (Australian, informal)
in the sense of motherland
Definition
a person's native country
Central to our belief is a love for the motherland.
Synonyms
native land,
homeland,
fatherland,
country of origin,
mother country,
whenua (New Zealand),
Godzone (Australian, informal)

Synonyms of 'homeland'

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