homeland
noun /ˈhəʊmlænd/
/ˈhəʊmlænd/
- [usually singular] the country where a person was born
- Many refugees have been forced to flee their homeland.
Extra Examples- He longs to return to his homeland.
- He wants his children to grow up in his adopted homeland.
- It is is the role of the army to protect the homeland.
- They hope to remain in their homeland.
- They were devastated that they had to leave their beloved homeland.
- the struggle to defend their ancient homeland
- After the war they wished to return to their traditional homelands.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beloved
- ancestral
- ancient
- …
- defend
- protect
- secure
- …
- defence/defense
- security
- in a/somebody’s homeland
- (in the Republic of South Africa under the apartheid system in the past) one of the areas with some self-government that were intended for a group of black African people to live in
- the Transkei homeland