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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

/ ˈəʊˌæԻ /

noun

  1. the country in which one lives or was born

  2. the official name for a Bantustan

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of homeland1

First recorded in 1660–70; home + land
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Unlike Abdul, most of the Afghans we have spoken to fled after the Taliban seized control of their homeland in 2021.

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He might have started the season's third major 20th in the world rankings, but few outside his homeland readily reached for his name among their lists of contenders.

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My childhood homeland demanded a reckoning — my family story braided with ancestral memory, environmental justice and mother-daughter ache.

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Antisemitic brutality and killing in Europe was a major reason why Zionist Jews wanted to settle in Palestine to build their own state, in what they regarded as their historic homeland.

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"This is their primary mission. This is not training. This is an operation to seal and protect our border, our own homeland," Brigadier General Winters said.

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