as in home
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
tries to return every year to Italy, her homeland for the first two decades of her life
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Recent Examples of homeland
Far away from his homeland, Vince—best known for Erasure, but also Yaz and Depeche Mode—is living in San Diego.
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Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
17 June 2026
Founder Janet Yeung discovered the work of trailblazing Korean artist Seund Ja Rhee (이성자) who fled her homeland for Paris in the 1950s and created a distinct body of work grounded in cosmic balance and the tension between opposites.
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Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
With compassion and urgency, the film captures a New Orleans community’s determination to preserve its identity in the face of a disappearing homeland.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
The Jewish people’s movement for self-determination in their biblical homeland — called Zionism — has become a dirty word on college campuses and in liberal political parties, and increasingly in some conservative ones.
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Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
17 June 2026
Founder Janet Yeung discovered the work of trailblazing Korean artist Seund Ja Rhee (이성자) who fled her homeland for Paris in the 1950s and created a distinct body of work grounded in cosmic balance and the tension between opposites.
—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
With compassion and urgency, the film captures a New Orleans community’s determination to preserve its identity in the face of a disappearing homeland.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
The Jewish people’s movement for self-determination in their biblical homeland — called Zionism — has become a dirty word on college campuses and in liberal political parties, and increasingly in some conservative ones.
—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homeland
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The home and core ranges reflected strong loyalty between these areas less than 258 miles apart.
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Playing in Guadalajara, Mexico will have home-field advantage.
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The treaty involves regular onsite inspections by the IAEA to confirm that countries are complying with the treaty’s terms.
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Beijing broadly denies providing weapons to countries in conflict.
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“Homeland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homeland. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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