Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One's native land.
- n. A state, region, or territory that is closely identified with a particular people or ethnic group.
- n. Any of the ten regions designated by South Africa in the 1970s as semiautonomous territorial states for the Black population. The Black homelands were dissolved and reincorporated into South Africa by the 1994 constitution.
Wiktionary
- n. One's country of residence.
- n. One's country of birth.
- n. The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
- n. South Africa, historical An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the country where you were born
Examples
“A General Accounting Office report says the term "homeland security" has "not been officially defined," hampering decision-making across federal agencies.”
USA Today: After 9/11: 50 dates that quietly changed America
“Never once was the term homeland ever used to describe the country of America until Mr. Bush began the department of homeland security after the 9/11 attacks.”
“GARRELS: Even for Russians, their homeland is a more expensive vacation destination than - say, Turkey or Egypt.”
“St. Paul Police Detective John Santana left Columbia knowing assassins will come one day to Minnesota to kill him; his regret and guilt for leaving his homeland is his sister who is left behind to perhaps face the wrath of his enemies.”
White Tombs-Christopher Valen « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
“Two U.S. congressmen, Democrat Anthony Weiner and Republican Jeff Flake, are introducing a bill today taking direct aim at what they call homeland security pork.”
“The reality is this administration is a joke in so many ways, but in terms of homeland security and protecting our borders, I don't understand how they can keep the title homeland security because everything they're doing is designed to keep our borders wide open, our ports insecure.”
“The prominence in the United States of "security" of the homeland is an issue that is new to many of us, and well understood by few of us.”
A Perspective for Canadians: the Current State and Future Directions for Canada-U.S. Relations
““I was wondering if you know the origin of the word homeland, ” asked Brian Reich, a student at Columbia University, “as in ‘Homeland Defense’ and ‘Homeland Security.’””
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
“At present, there are over 100 different federal agencies with a role in what we call homeland security.”
“Senator Grassley, yesterday the Senate took up a defense spending bill, and the Democrats wanted to add a lot of money, $15 billion, to that bill for what they call homeland security.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘homeland’.
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Land
A list of terms for land, landholdings, or words that contain the string -land-.
scabland, wheatland, cornland, slander, land-locked, dryland, riceland, clandestine, acreage, island, Iceland, Greenland and 269 more...
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SEDE - designated areas
epicentre, assembly area, drop zone, minefield, mine field, barbed-wire enclave, declared site, set up an exclusi..., theatre of war, mother country, area of intellige..., area of intellige... and 45 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Encyclopædia Lagomorphica
Wordies help Prolagus understand some English words and idioms.
homeland, apparent, cookie vs biscuit, nullipara, c-o vs care of vs..., rear, quite, advisor, prof., streetlamp, jank, garret and 18 more...
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Pastoral
pastoral, rustic, rural, grow, crop, yield, fruit, harvest, reap, fertile, ripe, till and 7 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for homeland.
chained_bear Yes, Pro. :) Dec 1, 2008
dontcry Si. Nov 29, 2008
Prolagus 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) Nov 29, 2008