heartland
noun
heart·land
ˈhärt-ˌland 
: a central area: such as
a
: a central land area (such as northern Eurasia) having strategic advantages
b
: the central geographical region of the U.S. in which mainstream or traditional values predominate
c
: a region where something (such as an industry or activity) most strongly thrives
the heartland of high technology
Examples of heartland in a Sentence
We drove into Scotland's heartland.
a politician who is popular in the American heartland
the heartland of high technology
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This particular shipment likely set sail from Quanzhou, a port on China’s eastern coast that was close to the creative heartlands in the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, bound for Temasek, according to Flecker.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Named after British diplomat Mortimer Durand and established in 1893, the line cuts through the heartland of the tribal areas of the Pashtun, Afghanistan’s largest ethnic group and also the group from which the Afghan Taliban stem.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Carr has suggested repeatedly that green-lighting deals like Nexstar’s would weaken the grip of New York and Hollywood liberals over TV in the heartland.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Negotiations are stuck on what happens to the Donbas, eastern Ukraine’s industrial heartland that Russian forces mostly occupy but have failed to seize completely, and the terms of a postwar security arrangement that Kyiv is demanding to deter any future Russian invasion.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Named after British diplomat Mortimer Durand and established in 1893, the line cuts through the heartland of the tribal areas of the Pashtun, Afghanistan’s largest ethnic group and also the group from which the Afghan Taliban stem.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Carr has suggested repeatedly that green-lighting deals like Nexstar’s would weaken the grip of New York and Hollywood liberals over TV in the heartland.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Negotiations are stuck on what happens to the Donbas, eastern Ukraine’s industrial heartland that Russian forces mostly occupy but have failed to seize completely, and the terms of a postwar security arrangement that Kyiv is demanding to deter any future Russian invasion.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Heartland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartland. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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heartland
noun
heart·land
ˈhärt-ˌland
: a central land area
especially
: one of great economic and military importance
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