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homeland

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhəʊmlænd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -lənd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hōm′land′, -lənd)

home•land /ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -lənd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

one's native land.
Governmenta region created or considered as a state by or for a particular ethnic group:the Palestinian homeland.

home•land (hōm′land′, -lənd),USA pronunciation n.

one's native land.
Governmenta region created or considered as a state by or for a people of a particular ethnic origin:the Palestinian homeland.
Governmentany of the thirteen racially and ethnically based regions created in South Africa by the South African government as nominally independent tribal ministates to which blacks are assigned.

home + land 1660–70

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homeland /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/ n

the country in which one lives or was born
the official name for a Bantustan

'homeland' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Bantustan - Bhisho - Bophuthatswana - Ciskei - colony - DHS - fencible - foreign affairs - Gazankulu - KaNgwane - Mmabatho - Mthatha - Persis - strategic - telegony - Transkeian - Zionism - center - Diaspora - displaced person - expatriate - inward - nostalgia - Palestine Liberation Organization - Palestinian - piety - political refugee - Russian - Urheimat - Zion

Synonyms: fatherland, motherland, home, the old country, native land, more...

Collocations: the homeland of the [Jewish people, Incas], their homeland is in [Palestine], is proud of her homeland, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "homeland" in the title:

a right to an ethnic 'homeland' that is conceived as…
across the desert back to her childhood homeland...
hopes of a homeland
Migrated to their homeland
secure a homeland for our people and a future for white children
We have homeland security.

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