homeland
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈhoʊmˌlænd/
:
patria
- After years of living abroad, she finally decided to return to her homeland.
- homeland security
- return to their homeland
- flee their homeland
Well, the same thing applies to the notion of a homeland for Jews.
- Well, the same thing applies to the notion of a homeland for Jews.
- No, Israel is the homeland of the Israelis.
- There's never been equality for me, nor freedom in this homeland of the free.
- This is a a long-awaited and planned trip to the homeland of Scotland.
- A Islamic homeland that stretches beyond Iran, right?
- So it was not only an attack on our homeland, it was an attack on my hometown.
- This one is made from iron of my homeland.
- And they invaded or they went to war against the Jewish homeland.
- But he describes that, remember, these people are expelled from their ancestral homeland.
- He was kidnapped by my homeland country's government.
- Your school includes devoted children, good customs in one's homeland and good parents.
Examples
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Defend your homeland.
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It was a beautiful fan from her homeland, Japan.
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Having a homeland for my people is important to me.
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And I know China is supposed to be my homeland but...
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We wish you a happy return to your homeland.
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The way to our homeland lies open.
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Every time he looked out a window onto his homeland, he recalled that moment.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Elves had fought their first battle in their homeland in more than a hundred years and won.
Fiction book (1993) -
There's never been equality for me, nor freedom in this homeland of the free.
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Now we return to our homeland where Radek will decide how best to use you now that we know you are willing to negotiate.
Synonyms
22
4.6
The country where you were born or that you feel strongly connected to
12
7.4
The country where a person is born or feels strong loyalty to
11
2.7
A country where a person was born or something was made
9
3.6
A country where a person was born and still feels at home
5
3.4
The country a person or their family came from before moving
3
3.5
The country where you were born or the one you feel most connected to
1
4.4
The land where you are born and grow up
1
7.9
A person's native country that they love
1
3.5
The location where someone or something first started to exist
1
9.9
A country that someone sees as their homeland
Antonyms
87
4.9
A person who lives away from their home country, often for political or personal reasons
Compounds
- Literature
61
3.7
A United States government department that protects the country from threats inside its borders
3
3.5
A U.S. government department that protects the country from threats and manages national security
A Basque nationalist group that used violence to seek independence
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Homeland is easy to remember: it joins home and land, so it means the land that is your 'home'. So homeland is the country where you were born or where you feel you belong.