heartlandnoun [ C, often plural ]
uk/ˈhɑːt.lænd/us/ˈhɑːrt.lænd/the central part of a country or area:
the heartland of America
the part of a country that is most important for a particular activity, or where a political party has the most support:
the old industrial heartlands
UK the Labour/Tory heartlands
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Places and locations
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- action
- core
- direction
- ground zero
- location
- loci
- place
- point
- post
- scene
- set
- setting
- situation
- spot
- station
- stronghold
- the holy of holies
- venue
- whereabouts
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