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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Nijjar, 45, was a leader in the movement to carve out a piece of Indian territory as a homeland for the Sikh population.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
The Arizona Republic traveled to the Klamath last year for a series of stories about the damage inflicted by the dams and the work to restore wildlife habitat and ancestral homelands.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
By 1900, only about 16,000 Native Californians remained, many living in small groups away from their original homeland.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
The story cited a review of Trump's record and interviews with two of the former president's aides, Mark Harvey, a senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council staff, and Olivia Troye, a former White House homeland security adviser.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
The Arizona Republic traveled to the Klamath last year for a series of stories about the damage inflicted by the dams and the work to restore wildlife habitat and ancestral homelands.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
By 1900, only about 16,000 Native Californians remained, many living in small groups away from their original homeland.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
The story cited a review of Trump's record and interviews with two of the former president's aides, Mark Harvey, a senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council staff, and Olivia Troye, a former White House homeland security adviser.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Homeland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homeland. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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