Synonyms of homelands

homelands

noun

plural of homeland

as in homes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• homes
• countries
• motherlands
• sods
• fatherlands
• mother countries
• communities
• neighborhoods
• old countries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of homelands

War robbed them of homelands, families, friends, careers, and dreams. — Joanie Schirm, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

His art, which has been displayed at museums around the world, often draws on his own family’s experience escaping antisemitism to evoke minority communities that have all but disappeared from their homelands. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Tunchez said that every opportunity to practice culture openly creates room for healing, particularly for families separated from their ancestral homelands. — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 31 Oct. 2026

AndTribal Nations deserve to know that the Commonwealth’s environmental decisions recognize the cultural and historical significance of the waters that connect our communities to our ancestral homelands. — Dana Adkins, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians count the site among their ancestral homelands. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Many turned to places with small but established communities of immigrants from their homelands. — Will Jarrett, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

The stealing of Native Americans and their homelands is not just a side story in the grand drama of American history. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

At scale, migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands. — Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026