Meanings
homeland1
nounhomeland (plural homelands)
plural homelands
- The country that one regards as home.
homeland security
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defend the homeland
return to the homeland
After years abroad, she finally returned to her homeland.
They fought bravely to defend their homeland.
- One's country of birth.
- The traditional territory of an ethnic group or a tribe or clan thereof.
- South AfricahistoricalAn area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
Synonyms: bantustan
Homeland2
proper noun
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
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nounthe country where you were born
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Afrikaans tuisland, geboorteland
- tuislandcountry which one regards as home
- geboortelandone's country of birth
Ancient Greek πατρίς, πατρίς
- πατρίς (patrís)country which one regards as home
- πατρίς (patrís)one's country of birth
Arabic وَطَن
- وَطَن (waṭan)country which one regards as home
Bengali স্বদেশ, ওয়াতন
- স্বদেশ (śodeś)country which one regards as home
- ওয়াতন (ōẇaton)country which one regards as home
- ওতন (ōton)country which one regards as home
- জন্মস্থান (jonmosthan)one's country of birth
Bulgarian роди́на, оте́чество
- роди́на (rodína)country which one regards as home
- оте́чество (otéčestvo)country which one regards as home
- роди́на (rodína)one's country of birth
Catalan pàtria
- pàtriacountry which one regards as home
Chinese Cantonese 祖國 /祖国, 故鄉 /故乡
- 祖國 /祖国 (zou² gwok³)country which one regards as home
- 故鄉 /故乡 (gu³ hoeng¹)country which one regards as home
- 故國 /故国 (gu³ gwok³)country which one regards as home
Chinese Mandarin 祖國 /祖国, 故鄉 /故乡
- 祖國 /祖国 (zǔguó)country which one regards as home
- 故鄉 /故乡 (gùxiāng)country which one regards as home
- 故國 /故国 (gùguó)country which one regards as home
Czech vlast, domovina
- vlastcountry which one regards as home
- domovinacountry which one regards as home
Danish hjemland, fædreland
- hjemlandcountry which one regards as home
- fædrelandone's country of birth
- fødelandone's country of birth
- hjemlandtraditional territory of an ethnic group
- hjemlandSouth Africa: area for blacks
Dutch thuisland, vaderland
- thuislandcountry which one regards as home
- vaderlandcountry which one regards as home
- geboortelandone's country of birth
Esperanto patrujo, patrio
- patrujocountry which one regards as home
- patriocountry which one regards as home
- hejmlandocountry which one regards as home
Estonian kodumaa
- kodumaacountry which one regards as home
Finnish kotimaa, asuinmaa
- kotimaacountry which one regards as home
- asuinmaaone's country of residence
- synnyinmaaone's country of birth
- asuinaluetraditional territory of an ethnic group
- kotimaaSouth Africa: area for blacks
French patrie, terre natale
- patriecountry which one regards as home
- terre nataleone's country of birth
German Heimat, Heimatland
- Heimatcountry which one regards as home
- Heimatlandcountry which one regards as home
- Vaterlandcountry which one regards as home
Greek πατρίδα
- πατρίδα (patrída)country which one regards as home
Hebrew מוֹלֶדֶת, מְכוֹרָה
- מוֹלֶדֶת (molédet)country which one regards as home
- מְכוֹרָה (mekhorá)country which one regards as home
Hindi स्वदेश, वतन
- स्वदेश (svadeś)country which one regards as home
- वतन (vatan)country which one regards as home
- मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi)country which one regards as home
- जन्मभूमि (janmabhūmi)country which one regards as home
Hungarian szülőföld, haza
- szülőföldcountry which one regards as home
- hazacountry which one regards as home
- anyaföldcountry which one regards as home
- szülőhazaone's country of birth
- szülőföldone's country of birth
- hazatraditional territory of an ethnic group
Icelandic heimaland
- heimalandcountry which one regards as home
Indonesian tanah air
- tanah aircountry which one regards as home
Irish tír dhúchais
- tír dhúchaiscountry which one regards as home
Italian patria, suolo natio
- patriacountry which one regards as home
- suolo natiocountry which one regards as home
- paesecountry which one regards as home
Japanese 祖国, 故郷
- 祖国 (sokoku)country which one regards as home
- 故郷 (kókyō)country which one regards as home
- 原郷 (genkyō)country which one regards as home
- 母国 (bokoku)country which one regards as home
Korean 고국, 자기 나라
- 고국 (goguk)country which one regards as home
- 자기 나라 (jagi nara)country which one regards as home
- 고향 (gohyang)country which one regards as home
- 모국 (moguk)country which one regards as home
- 조국 (joguk)country which one regards as home
Latin patria, patria
- patriacountry which one regards as home
- patriaone's country of birth
Latvian dzimtene
- dzimtenecountry which one regards as home
Lithuanian tėvynė, gimtinė
- tėvynėcountry which one regards as home
- gimtinėcountry which one regards as home
Malay tanah air
- tanah aircountry which one regards as home
Māori ewe, ipukarea
- ewecountry which one regards as home
- ipukareacountry which one regards as home
- eweone's country of birth
Norwegian Bokmål hjemland, moderland
- hjemlandcountry which one regards as home
- moderlandcountry which one regards as home
Polish ojczyzna, macierz
- ojczyznacountry which one regards as home
- macierzcountry which one regards as home
- ojcowiznacountry which one regards as home
- kraj pobytuone's country of residence
- kraj urodzeniaone's country of birth
- kraj tubylcówtraditional territory of an ethnic group
Portuguese pátria, terra natal
- pátriacountry which one regards as home
- terra natalone's country of birth
Romanian patrie
- patriecountry which one regards as home
Russian ро́дина, оте́чество
- ро́дина (ródina)country which one regards as home
- оте́чество (otéčestvo)country which one regards as home
- отчи́зна (otčízna)country which one regards as home
Slovak vlasť, domovina
- vlasťcountry which one regards as home
- domovinacountry which one regards as home
- otcovizeňcountry which one regards as home
- domovcountry which one regards as home
Spanish patria, terruño
- patriacountry which one regards as home
- terruñocountry which one regards as home
- tierra natalone's country of birth
Swedish fosterland, hemland
- fosterlandcountry which one regards as home
- hemlandcountry which one regards as home
Tamil தாயகம், தாய்நாடு
- தாயகம் (tāyakam)country which one regards as home
- தாய்நாடு (tāynāṭu)country which one regards as home
- தாயகம் (tāyakam)one's country of birth
- தாய்நாடு (tāynāṭu)one's country of birth
- தாயகம் (tāyakam)traditional territory of an ethnic group
- தாய்நாடு (tāynāṭu)traditional territory of an ethnic group
Thai บ้านเกิด, บ้านเมือง
- บ้านเกิด (bâan-gə̀ət)country which one regards as home
- บ้านเมือง (bâan-mʉʉang)country which one regards as home
- บ้านเกิดเมืองนอน (bâan-gə̀ət-mʉʉang-nɔɔn)country which one regards as home
- มาตุภูมิ (maa-dtù-puum)country which one regards as home
- บ้านเกิด (bâan-gə̀ət)one's country of birth
Turkish vatan, anavatan
- vatancountry which one regards as home
- anavatancountry which one regards as home
- yurtcountry which one regards as home
- memleketcountry which one regards as home
Ukrainian батьківщи́на, ба́тьківщина
- батьківщи́на (batʹkivščýna)country which one regards as home
- ба́тьківщина (bátʹkivščyna)country which one regards as home
- вітчи́зна (vitčýzna)country which one regards as home
Urdu وَطَن, دیس
- وَطَن (vatan)country which one regards as home
- دیس (des)country which one regards as home
Vietnamese tổ quốc, quê hương
- tổ quốccountry which one regards as home
- quê hươngcountry which one regards as home
Yiddish היימלאַנד, מוטערלאַנד
- היימלאַנד (heymland)country which one regards as home
- מוטערלאַנד (muterland)country which one regards as home
- פֿאָטערלאַנד (foterland)country which one regards as home
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