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homeland

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈhoʊmˌlænd/
  • US: /ˈhoʊmˌlənd/
  • rhymes with -əʊmlænd
  • CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 M L AE2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The country that one regards as home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • defend the homeland
  • return to the homeland
  • homeland security
  • After years abroad, she finally returned to her homeland.
  • They fought bravely to defend their homeland.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One's country of residence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

One's country of birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The traditional territory of an ethnic group or a tribe or clan thereof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: South-Africa, historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bantustan

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the country where you were born

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fatherland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: country, state, land

Narrower terms: old country

History

Etymology

From home + land.

Across languages

Translations

215 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tuisland — country which one regards as home
  • Albanian: atdhe — country which one regards as home
  • Albanian: mëmëdhe — country which one regards as home
  • Southern Altai: тӧрӧл (töröl) — country which one regards as home
  • Southern Altai: тууган јери (tuugan ǰeri) — country which one regards as home
  • Amharic: የትውልድ ሃገር (yätwəld hagär) — country which one regards as home
  • Amharic: የትውልድ ሀገር (yätwəld hägär) — country which one regards as home
  • Arabic: وَطَن (waṭan) — country which one regards as home
  • Armenian: հայրենիք (hayrenikʻ) — country which one regards as home
  • Asturian: patria — country which one regards as home
  • Avar: ватӏан (watʼan) — country which one regards as home
  • Azerbaijani: vətən — country which one regards as home
  • Azerbaijani: yurd — country which one regards as home
  • Bashkir: ватан (vatan) — country which one regards as home
  • Belarusian: радзі́ма (radzíma) — country which one regards as home
  • Belarusian: айчы́на (ajčýna) — country which one regards as home
  • Belarusian: ба́цькаўшчына (bácʹkawščyna) — country which one regards as home
  • Bengali: স্বদেশ (śodeś) — country which one regards as home
  • Bengali: ওয়াতন (ōẇaton) — country which one regards as home
  • Bengali: ওতন (ōton) — country which one regards as home
  • Bulgarian: роди́на (rodína) — country which one regards as home
  • Bulgarian: оте́чество (otéčestvo) — country which one regards as home
  • Burmese: မွေးရပ်မြေ (mwe:rapmre) — country which one regards as home
  • Burmese: ဇာတိမြေ (jati.mre) — country which one regards as home
  • Catalan: pàtria — country which one regards as home
  • Chinese Cantonese: 祖國 /祖国 (zou2 gwok3) — country which one regards as home
  • Chinese Cantonese: 故鄉 /故乡 (gu3 hoeng1) — country which one regards as home
  • Chinese Cantonese: 故國 /故国 (gu3 gwok3) — country which one regards as home
  • Chinese Mandarin: 祖國 /祖国 (zǔguó) — country which one regards as home
  • Chinese Mandarin: 故鄉 /故乡 (gùxiāng) — country which one regards as home
  • Chinese Mandarin: 故國 /故国 (gùguó) — country which one regards as home
  • Crimean Tatar: vatan — country which one regards as home
  • Czech: vlast — country which one regards as home
  • Czech: domovina — country which one regards as home
  • Danish: hjemland — country which one regards as home
  • Dutch: thuisland — country which one regards as home
  • Dutch: vaderland — country which one regards as home
  • Esperanto: patrujo — country which one regards as home
  • Esperanto: patrio — country which one regards as home
  • Esperanto: hejmlando — country which one regards as home
  • Estonian: kodumaa — country which one regards as home
  • Faroese: heimland — country which one regards as home
  • Finnish: kotimaa — country which one regards as home
  • French: patrie — country which one regards as home
  • Galician: patria — country which one regards as home
  • Georgian: სამშობლო (samšoblo) — country which one regards as home
  • Georgian: მამული (mamuli) — country which one regards as home
  • German: Heimat — country which one regards as home
  • German: Heimatland — country which one regards as home
  • German: Vaterland — country which one regards as home
  • German: Heemteland — country which one regards as home
  • Greek: πατρίδα (patrída) — country which one regards as home
  • Ancient Greek: πατρίς (patrís) — country which one regards as home
  • Gujarati: સ્વદેશ (svadeś) — country which one regards as home
  • Hebrew: מוֹלֶדֶת (molédet) — country which one regards as home
  • Hebrew: מְכוֹרָה (mekhorá) — country which one regards as home
  • Hindi: स्वदेश (svadeś) — country which one regards as home
  • Hindi: वतन (vatan) — country which one regards as home
  • Hindi: मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi) — country which one regards as home
  • Hindi: जन्मभूमि (janmabhūmi) — country which one regards as home
  • Hungarian: szülőföld — country which one regards as home
  • Hungarian: haza — country which one regards as home
  • Hungarian: anyaföld — country which one regards as home
  • Icelandic: heimaland — country which one regards as home
  • Indonesian: tanah air — country which one regards as home
  • Irish: tír dhúchais — country which one regards as home
  • Italian: patria — country which one regards as home
  • Italian: suolo natio — country which one regards as home
  • Italian: paese — country which one regards as home
  • Japanese: 祖国 (sokoku) — country which one regards as home
  • Japanese: 故郷 (kókyō) — country which one regards as home
  • Japanese: 原郷 (genkyō) — country which one regards as home
  • Japanese: 母国 (bokoku) — country which one regards as home
  • Kazakh: атажұрт (atajūrt) — country which one regards as home
  • Kazakh: отан (otan) — country which one regards as home
  • Kazakh: атамекен (atameken) — country which one regards as home
  • Khmer: ស្វទេស (svaʼteih) — country which one regards as home
  • Khmer: ដំណែល (dɑmnael) — country which one regards as home
  • Khmer: មាតុប្រទេស (miətoprɑɑteih) — country which one regards as home
  • Khmer: មាតុភូមិ (miətophuum) — country which one regards as home
  • Korean: 고국 (goguk) — country which one regards as home
  • Korean: 자기 나라 (jagi nara) — country which one regards as home
  • Korean: 고향 (gohyang) — country which one regards as home
  • Korean: 모국 (moguk) — country which one regards as home
  • Korean: 조국 (joguk) — country which one regards as home
  • Northern Kurdish: welat — country which one regards as home
  • Northern Kurdish: weten — country which one regards as home
  • Kyrgyz: родина (rodina) — country which one regards as home
  • Kyrgyz: ата мекен (ata meken) — country which one regards as home
  • Kyrgyz: мекен (meken) — country which one regards as home
  • Lao: ບ້ານເມືອງ (bān mư̄ang) — country which one regards as home
  • Lao: ເມືອງແມ່ (mư̄ang mǣ) — country which one regards as home
  • Lao: ມາຕຸພູມ (mā tu phūm) — country which one regards as home
  • Latin: patria — country which one regards as home
  • Latvian: dzimtene — country which one regards as home
  • Ligurian: patria — country which one regards as home
  • Lithuanian: tėvynė — country which one regards as home
  • Lithuanian: gimtinė — country which one regards as home
  • Macedonian: татковина (tatkovina) — country which one regards as home
  • Macedonian: родина (rodina) — country which one regards as home
  • Malay: tanah air — country which one regards as home
  • Malayalam: സ്വദേശം (svadēśaṁ) — country which one regards as home
  • Māori: ewe — country which one regards as home
  • Māori: ipukarea — country which one regards as home
  • Mongolian: эх орон (ex oron) — country which one regards as home
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjemland — country which one regards as home
  • Norwegian Bokmål: moderland — country which one regards as home
  • Occitan: patria — country which one regards as home
  • Old English: ēþel — country which one regards as home
  • Old English: eard — country which one regards as home
  • Pannonian Rusyn: оцовщина (ocovščina) — country which one regards as home
  • Pannonian Rusyn: отечество (otečestvo) — country which one regards as home
  • Pashto: وطن (watan) — country which one regards as home
  • Dari: وَطَن (watan) — country which one regards as home
  • Dari: میهَن (mēhan) — country which one regards as home
  • Iranian Persian: وَطَن (vatan) — country which one regards as home
  • Iranian Persian: میهَن (mihan) — country which one regards as home
  • Iranian Persian: زادْبوم (zâdbum) — country which one regards as home
  • Polish: ojczyzna — country which one regards as home
  • Polish: macierz — country which one regards as home
  • Polish: ojcowizna — country which one regards as home
  • Portuguese: pátria — country which one regards as home
  • Romanian: patrie — country which one regards as home
  • Russian: ро́дина (ródina) — country which one regards as home
  • Russian: оте́чество (otéčestvo) — country which one regards as home
  • Russian: отчи́зна (otčízna) — country which one regards as home
  • Rwanda-Rundi: igihugu kavukire — country which one regards as home
  • Sanskrit: स्वदेश (svadeśa) — country which one regards as home
  • Sanskrit: मातृभूमि (mātṛbhūmi) — country which one regards as home
  • Sardinian: pàtria — country which one regards as home
  • Serbo-Croatian: до̀мовина — country which one regards as home
  • Serbo-Croatian: за̏вича̄ј — country which one regards as home
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀таџбина — country which one regards as home
  • Serbo-Croatian: dòmovina — country which one regards as home
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȁvičāj — country which one regards as home
  • Serbo-Croatian: òtadžbina — country which one regards as home
  • Shor: Туған чери (Tuɣan čeri) — country which one regards as home
  • Sicilian: patria — country which one regards as home
  • Silesian: hajmat — country which one regards as home
  • Slovak: vlasť — country which one regards as home
  • Slovak: domovina — country which one regards as home
  • Slovak: otcovizeň — country which one regards as home
  • Slovak: domov — country which one regards as home
  • Slovene: domovina — country which one regards as home
  • Upper Sorbian: domacna zemja — country which one regards as home
  • Lower Sorbian: ródny kraj — country which one regards as home
  • Spanish: patria — country which one regards as home
  • Spanish: terruño — country which one regards as home
  • Sundanese: lemah cai — country which one regards as home
  • Swedish: fosterland — country which one regards as home
  • Swedish: hemland — country which one regards as home
  • Tajik: ватан (vatan) — country which one regards as home
  • Tajik: меҳан (mehan) — country which one regards as home
  • Tamil: தாயகம் (tāyakam) — country which one regards as home
  • Tamil: தாய்நாடு (tāynāṭu) — country which one regards as home
  • Tatar: ватан (watan) — country which one regards as home
  • Thai: บ้านเกิด (bâan-gə̀ət) — country which one regards as home
  • Thai: บ้านเมือง (bâan-mʉʉang) — country which one regards as home
  • Thai: บ้านเกิดเมืองนอน (bâan-gə̀ət-mʉʉang-nɔɔn) — country which one regards as home
  • Thai: มาตุภูมิ (maa-dtù-puum) — country which one regards as home
  • Northern Thai: ᨷ᩶ᩤ᩠ᨶᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ — country which one regards as home
  • Turkish: vatan — country which one regards as home
  • Turkish: anavatan — country which one regards as home
  • Turkish: yurt — country which one regards as home
  • Turkish: memleket — country which one regards as home
  • Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan) — country which one regards as home
  • Turkmen: watan — country which one regards as home
  • Ukrainian: батьківщи́на (batʹkivščýna) — country which one regards as home
  • Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (bátʹkivščyna) — country which one regards as home
  • Ukrainian: вітчи́зна (vitčýzna) — country which one regards as home
  • Urdu: وَطَن (vatan) — country which one regards as home
  • Urdu: دیس (des) — country which one regards as home
  • Uyghur: ۋەتەن (weten) — country which one regards as home
  • Uzbek: vatan — country which one regards as home
  • Venetan: patria — country which one regards as home
  • Vietnamese: tổ quốc — country which one regards as home
  • Vietnamese: quê hương — country which one regards as home
  • Walloon: patreye — country which one regards as home
  • Yiddish: היימלאַנד (heymland) — country which one regards as home
  • Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד (muterland) — country which one regards as home
  • Yiddish: פֿאָטערלאַנד (foterland) — country which one regards as home
  • Zazaki: ware (diq) — country which one regards as home
  • Zazaki: weten — country which one regards as home
  • Finnish: asuinmaa — one's country of residence
  • Afrikaans: geboorteland — one's country of birth
  • Bengali: জন্মস্থান (jonmosthan) — one's country of birth
  • Bulgarian: роди́на (rodína) — one's country of birth
  • Danish: fædreland — one's country of birth
  • Danish: fødeland — one's country of birth
  • Dutch: geboorteland — one's country of birth
  • Finnish: synnyinmaa — one's country of birth
  • French: terre natale — one's country of birth
  • Ancient Greek: πατρίς (patrís) — one's country of birth
  • Hungarian: szülőhaza — one's country of birth
  • Hungarian: szülőföld — one's country of birth
  • Latin: patria — one's country of birth
  • Malayalam: മാതൃഭൂമി (mātr̥bhūmi) — one's country of birth
  • Malayalam: ജന്മഭൂമി (janmabhūmi) — one's country of birth
  • Māori: ewe — one's country of birth
  • Mongolian: төрсөн нутаг (törsön nutag) — one's country of birth
  • Portuguese: terra natal — one's country of birth
  • Rwanda-Rundi: igihugu kavukire — one's country of birth
  • Spanish: tierra natal — one's country of birth
  • Tamil: தாயகம் (tāyakam) — one's country of birth
  • Tamil: தாய்நாடு (tāynāṭu) — one's country of birth
  • Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan) — one's country of birth
  • Yoruba: ìlú — one's country of birth
  • Danish: hjemland — traditional territory of an ethnic group
  • Finnish: asuinalue — traditional territory of an ethnic group
  • Hungarian: haza — traditional territory of an ethnic group
  • Old English: ǣþel — traditional territory of an ethnic group
  • Tamil: தாயகம் (tāyakam) — traditional territory of an ethnic group
  • Tamil: தாய்நாடு (tāynāṭu) — traditional territory of an ethnic group
  • Danish: hjemland — South Africa: area for blacks
  • Finnish: kotimaa — South Africa: area for blacks
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