name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈhəʊmˌlænd/
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US:/ˈhoʊmˌlænd/
US:/ˈhoʊmˌlənd/
rhymes with -əʊmlænd
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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
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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