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    home·land
    /ˈhōmˌland/

    noun

    • 1. a person's or a people's native land: "I could finally go back to my homeland"

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  2. Learn the meaning of homeland as native land or fatherland, and see examples of its usage in sentences. Find synonyms, antonyms, word history, and related entries for homeland.

  3. Homeland is the country you were born in or one of the areas in South Africa where black people were separated from whites under apartheid. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms and translations.

  4. A homeland is the country where a group originally comes from, or where a person was born. If your grandparents and great-grandparents are Greek, you might consider Greece your homeland.

  5. noun. one's native land. a region created or considered as a state by or for a people of a particular ethnic origin: the Palestinian homeland. 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.

  6. Homeland is your native country or the region where people of a particular ethnic origin live. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms of homeland from Collins English Dictionary.

  7. Homeland is the country where a person was born. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, such as refugees, apartheid and self-government, with pictures and pronunciation.

  8. Homeland is the native land or the country of origin of a person or a group. It can also refer to a region or a territory that is closely identified with a particular ethnic group. See different sources and translations of homeland.