homeland
noun
home·land
ˈhōm-ˌland 
also -lənd
1
: native land : fatherland
2
: a state or area set aside to be a state for a people of a particular national, cultural, or racial origin
especially
: bantustan
Synonyms
Examples of homeland in a Sentence
He returned to his homeland for the first time in many years.
The rebels are fighting for an independent homeland.
Recent Examples on the Web
In New Hampshire as of early Thursday, more than 100,000 customers were without power, the state’s division of homeland security and emergency management said.
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
That’s Haudenosaunee homelands, all of Niagara Falls.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
All the pictures were made by Shah in her homeland, Kenya, where she was born to Indian parents.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Her background was part of the draw for 8200, Israel’s equivalent of the National Security Agency: Yashar understood Farsi and Iranian culture, both useful for gathering intelligence on her homeland.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The place is part of the ancestral homelands of the Hualapai, Yavapai, Fort Mojave, Chemehuevi, Southern Paiute, Hopi and Colorado River indigenous tribes.
—Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
Then in 1992, using stock from zoos, breeders successfully reintroduced them to their homeland in this park.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Palestinians could begin to be counted as individual citizens of a state which ties them to their homeland, not as a collective of diaspora communities and factions.
—Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
Coming from a country where traffic lanes, lights and signs were virtually nonexistent, even men who drove in their homeland face a big adjustment to the rules of the road in the United States.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
That’s Haudenosaunee homelands, all of Niagara Falls.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
All the pictures were made by Shah in her homeland, Kenya, where she was born to Indian parents.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Her background was part of the draw for 8200, Israel’s equivalent of the National Security Agency: Yashar understood Farsi and Iranian culture, both useful for gathering intelligence on her homeland.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The place is part of the ancestral homelands of the Hualapai, Yavapai, Fort Mojave, Chemehuevi, Southern Paiute, Hopi and Colorado River indigenous tribes.
—Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
Then in 1992, using stock from zoos, breeders successfully reintroduced them to their homeland in this park.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Palestinians could begin to be counted as individual citizens of a state which ties them to their homeland, not as a collective of diaspora communities and factions.
—Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
Coming from a country where traffic lanes, lights and signs were virtually nonexistent, even men who drove in their homeland face a big adjustment to the rules of the road in the United States.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
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“Homeland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeland. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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homeland
noun
home·land
ˈhōm-ˌland
: native land : fatherland
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