homeland
Use Homeland in a sentence
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 blacks are assigned.
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homeland (ˈhəʊmˌlænd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the country in which one lives or was born |
| 2. | the official name for a Bantustan |
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Homeland
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example sentences
Perhaps only because its followers were forced out of their homeland by their enemies.
They were new immigrants, there for the money, and not happy to be out of their homeland.
When power and resources are exhausted, then the homeland is drained.
Few observers expect diplomacy to restore equal serenity to his homeland.
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