Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One's native land.
  • noun A state, region, or territory that is closely identified with a particular people or ethnic group.
  • noun Any of the ten regions designated by South Africa in the 1970s as semiautonomous or nominally independent territories for the black population. The black homelands were dissolved and reincorporated into South Africa in 1994.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One's country of residence.
  • noun One's country of birth.
  • noun The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
  • noun South Africa, historical An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the country where you were born

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word homeland.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • Do you think it's OK to use this word to define Sardinia, in my Ph.D. applications? (In my statement of purpose, I mean)

    November 30, 2008

  • Si.

    November 30, 2008

  • Yes, Pro. :)

    December 1, 2008