homeland

homeland

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of homeland in English

English Online Dictionary. What means homeland‎? What does homeland mean?

English

Etymology

home +‎ land

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: home‧land

Noun

homeland (plural homelands)

  1. The country that one regards as home.
  2. One's country of residence.
  3. One's country of birth.
  4. The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
  5. (South Africa, historical) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
    Synonym: bantustan

Hypernyms

  • land

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • old country

References

  • homeland (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • homeland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Holdeman

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