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homeland

[ hohm-land, -luhnd ]

noun

  1. one's native land.
  2. a region created or considered as a state by or for a people of a particular ethnic origin:

    the Palestinian homeland.

  3. any of the thirteen racially and ethnically based regions created in South Africa by the South African government as nominally independent tribal ministates to which Black people were formerly assigned.


homeland

/ ˈ³óəʊ³¾ËŒ±ôæ²Ô»å /

noun

  1. the country in which one lives or was born
  2. the official name for a Bantustan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of homeland1

First recorded in 1660–70; home + land
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They transformed their residences into salons for fellow refugees and warned Americans that what happened in their homelands could happen anywhere.

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Ahmad's family said their only wish now was to lay him to rest in his homeland.

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"We started to work on the things that were happening in our homeland, but then realised that they could be applied to a lot of other countries in the world," he told OkayAfrica.

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Slavik fled his homeland in 2022, first living in Turkey and Georgia before realizing that, as Russian allies, those countries weren’t safe.

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“This integration has existed for decades,†Sheinbaum said in her regular daily news conference before meeting with the U.S. homeland security chief.

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