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
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Recent Examples of homelands
The Tohono O’odham have continued to welcome outsiders, including the federal government, even when those outsiders have sought to exert further control over the O’odham’s ancestral homelands.
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Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Best friends Fernando Delgado and Josh Lee are still riding the high of seeing both their homelands — Mexico and South Korea — win their opening matches at the 2026 World Cup.
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Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 June 2026
The preserve is also part of the Shoshone-Bannock peoples’ ancestral homelands, and has served as a NASA research site.
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Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
One of those languages, myaamiaataweenki, is spoken by the Miami, who count what's now the Hoosier state among their homelands.
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Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
8 June 2026
Hawaii's governor and attorney general vowed to fight the lawsuit against Hawaiian homelands eligibility.
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ABC News,
3 June 2026
The attacks Pontiac led in 1763—most of them successful-showed the hopes that thousands of people had to force the British out of their beloved homelands.
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Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
This was all against the backdrop of a concerted effort to drive us from our homelands.
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Shaun Chapoose,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
Sites from Alabama to California and the Four Corners trace stories of Black freedom, Japanese American incarceration, Indigenous homelands, immigrant journeys and early quests for religious and women’s rights.
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Darlene Superville,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Best friends Fernando Delgado and Josh Lee are still riding the high of seeing both their homelands — Mexico and South Korea — win their opening matches at the 2026 World Cup.
—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 June 2026
The preserve is also part of the Shoshone-Bannock peoples’ ancestral homelands, and has served as a NASA research site.
—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
One of those languages, myaamiaataweenki, is spoken by the Miami, who count what's now the Hoosier state among their homelands.
—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
8 June 2026
Hawaii's governor and attorney general vowed to fight the lawsuit against Hawaiian homelands eligibility.
—
ABC News,
3 June 2026
The attacks Pontiac led in 1763—most of them successful-showed the hopes that thousands of people had to force the British out of their beloved homelands.
—
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
This was all against the backdrop of a concerted effort to drive us from our homelands.
—
Shaun Chapoose,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
Sites from Alabama to California and the Four Corners trace stories of Black freedom, Japanese American incarceration, Indigenous homelands, immigrant journeys and early quests for religious and women’s rights.
—
Darlene Superville,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homelands
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The storms damaged at least 20 homes in the county, Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator Keith Hertenstein said.
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An uncontained blaze in Utah’s Juab County has scorched 34 square miles, forcing the evacuation of Eureka and nearby ranches as firefighters race to shield homes amid fierce winds.
Noun
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Price is where almost every search starts, and the difference between countries is hard to ignore.
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The beverage’s roots go back to 1565, when the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade route began between Mexico and the Philippines, permanently altering both countries’ culinary trajectories.
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“Homelands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homelands. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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