English Online Dictionary. What means homeland? What does homeland mean?
English
Etymology
From home + land.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊmˌlænd/, /ˈhoʊmˌlənd/
- Hyphenation: home‧land
- Rhymes: -əʊmlænd
Noun
homeland (plural homelands)
- The country that one regards as home.
- One's country of residence.
- One's country of birth.
- The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
- (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