homeland
Syllables: home·land/ˈhəʊmˌlænd/US/ˈhoʊmˌlænd/
homeland noun: the country that one regards as home.
Noun
homeland (plural homelands)
- The country that one regards as home.
- defend the homeland
- return to the homeland
- One's country of residence.
- One's country of birth.
- The traditional territory of an ethnic group or a tribe or clan thereof.
- An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
- Synonyms:
- bantustan
Proper noun capitalized: Homeland
Homeland
homeland meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
homeland in Hindi
- country which one regards as home
- स्वदेश svadeś, वतन vatan, मातृभूमि mātŕbhūmi, जन्मभूमि janmabhūmi
homeland in Tamil
- country which one regards as home
- தாயகம் tāyakam, தாய்நாடு tāynāṭu
- one's country of birth
- தாயகம் tāyakam, தாய்நாடு tāynāṭu
- traditional territory of an ethnic group
- தாயகம் tāyakam, தாய்நாடு tāynāṭu
homeland in Marathi
- homeland
- जन्मभूमी janmabhūmī
homeland in Urdu
- country which one regards as home
- وَطَن vatan, دیس des
More languagesFewer languages
- homeland in Bengali
- স্বদেশ śodeś, ওয়াতন ōẇaton, ওতন ōton, জন্মস্থান jonmosthan
- homeland in Malayalam
- സ്വദേശം svadēśaṁ, മാതൃഭൂമി mātr̥bhūmi, ജന്മഭൂമി janmabhūmi
- homeland in Kannada
- ತಾಯಿನಾಡು, ಮಾತೃಭೂಮಿ, ಜನ್ಮಭೂಮಿ, ಸ್ವದೇಶ
- homeland in Punjabi
- ਵਤਨ vatan, بھوں bhoṉ, گھر ghar
- homeland in Gujarati
- સ્વદેશ svadeś
- homeland in Sanskrit
- स्वदेश svadeśa, मातृभूमि mātṛbhūmi
- homeland in Pashto
- وطن watan
- homeland in Arabic
- وَطَن waṭan
- homeland in Malay
- tanah air
- homeland in Indonesian
- tanah air
- homeland in Thai
- บ้านเกิด bâan-gə̀ət, บ้านเมือง bâan-mʉʉang, บ้านเกิดเมืองนอน bâan-gə̀ət-mʉʉang-nɔɔn, มาตุภูมิ maa-dtù-puum
- homeland in Vietnamese
- tổ quốc, quê hương
- homeland in Myanmar
- မွေးရပ်မြေ mwe:rapmre, ဇာတိမြေ jati.mre
Examples of homeland in a sentence
- After years abroad, she finally returned to her homeland.
- They fought bravely to defend their homeland.
Synonyms of homeland
Forms of homeland
| plural | homelands |
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Origin of homeland
From home + land.
Words formed from homeland
Phrases with homeland
Questions about homeland
- What does homeland mean?
- Homeland means the country that one regards as home.
- What is homeland in Hindi?
- Homeland in Hindi is स्वदेश (svadeś), वतन (vatan), मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi). See Homeland meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use homeland in a sentence?
- After years abroad, she finally returned to her homeland.
- What part of speech is homeland?
- Homeland can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce homeland?
- Homeland is pronounced /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of homeland?
- The plural of homeland is homelands.
Words near homeland in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: homeland (page history and authors); Homeland (page history and authors); जन्मभूमी (Marathi) (page history and authors); homeland (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بھوں (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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