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

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

Banchi Hanuse works across film and radio as a co-founder of Nuxalk Radio, supporting Nuxalk language revitalization, upholding Nuxalk Nationhood and advocating for stewardship of Nuxalk homelands. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

Lake Huron is named after the Huron, or Huron-Wendat people, whose ancestral homelands surround Lake Huron, Pure Michigan says. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Ripped from their homelands, many were brutally beaten and forced to convert to Christianity. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Seminole and Miccosukee people denounced it as a threat to their sacred homelands. — The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026