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

/ ˈhəʊmˌlænd /

noun

1. the country in which one lives or was born
2. the official name for a Bantustan

Word History and Origins

Origin of homeland¹

First recorded in 1660–70; home + land

Example Sentences

Mexican immigrants in the United States are also pillars of the Mexican economy, sending more than $60 billion annually in remittances back to their homeland.

From Los Angeles Times

Brown regularly travels to Georgia and Alabama to visit the proposed Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve — located on Muscogee homelands.

From Salon

Smerilli, 47, hails from Abruzzo, Italy, and has been scoring films in his homeland for about a decade — but “A Different Man” was his first American production.

From Los Angeles Times

There were also stints with the National Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the CIA and the White House, where he served as a homeland security specialist under George W. Bush.

From Los Angeles Times

As well as working in his homeland with NEC Nijmegen, Excelsior Rotterdam and NAC Breda, the Dutchman had a year at Brentford before his longer spells with Manchester City and Burnley.

From BBC

Related Words

• motherland